vanlig

See also: vänlig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish vanlig, vaanlig, from Old Norse vanaligr. Cognates include Swedish vanlig and Icelandic vanalegur

Adjective

vanlig (neuter vanligt, plural and definite singular attributive vanlige)

  1. usual, ordinary, customary
    Synonym: sædvanlig

Inflection

Inflection of vanlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vanlig vanligere vanligest2
indefinite neuter singular vanligt vanligere vanligest2
plural vanlige vanligere vanligest2
definite attributive1 vanlige vanligere vanligeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Danish vanlig, from Old Norse vanaligr. Compare Swedish vanlig, Icelandic vanalegur and Norwegian Nynorsk vanleg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑ̂nlɪ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

vanlig (neuter singular vanlig, definite singular and plural vanlige, comparative vanligere, indefinite superlative vanligst, definite superlative vanligste)

  1. common, usual, typical
  2. ordinary

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanaligr. Compare Danish vanlig, Icelandic vanalegur and Norwegian Nynorsk vanleg.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

vanlig (comparative vanligare, superlative vanligast)

  1. common, usual
  2. ordinary

Declension

Inflection of vanlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vanlig vanligare vanligast
neuter singular vanligt vanligare vanligast
plural vanliga vanligare vanligast
masculine plural2 vanlige vanligare vanligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vanlige vanligare vanligaste
all vanliga vanligare vanligaste

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.

Derived terms

Further reading