tidig

Old Dutch

Etymology

From tīt (“time”) +‎ -ig.

Adjective

tidig

  1. timely, on time
  2. ripe

Inflection

Declension of tīdig (a-stem)
strong declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative tīdig tīdig tīdig tīdiga, tīdige
accusative tīdigan, tīdigen tīdiga tīdig tīdiga, tīdige
genitive tīdiges tīdigero tīdiges tīdigero
dative tīdigin, tīdigemo tīdigero tīdigin, tīdigemo tīdigon
weak declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative tīdigo tīdiga tīdiga tīdigon
accusative tīdigon tīdigon tīdiga tīdigon
genitive tīdigin tīdigon tīdigin tīdigono
dative tīdigin tīdigon tīdigin tīdigon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: tidig

References

  • “tīdig”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tíðligr and Middle Low German tidelik, related to tid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tidig (comparative tidigare, superlative tidigast)

  1. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)
    Jag tog en tidig lunch idag, så jag har redan ätit.
    I took an early lunch today, so I've already eaten.
  2. early (arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time)
    Tidningsbudet var ovanligt tidigt idag - tidningen hade kommit redan innan jag vaknade.
    The paperboy was unusually early today - the newspaper had arrived already before I woke up.
  3. early (near the start or beginning)
    Goethe var en tidig romantiker.
    Goethe was an early romanticist.
    John tyckte egentligen om tidiga morgnar, men sov oftast igenom dem.
    John actually liked early mornings, but usually slept through them.

Declension

Inflection of tidig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tidig tidigare tidigast
neuter singular tidigt tidigare tidigast
plural tidiga tidigare tidigast
masculine plural2 tidige tidigare tidigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tidige tidigare tidigaste
all tidiga tidigare tidigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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