omhyggelig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish umhughælik, From the noun umhygjæ (omhygge), which may in turn come from Old Norse umhyggja, see Icelandic umhyggja

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌmˈhyɡəli]

Adjective

omhyggelig (neuter singular omhyggeligt, definite singular and plural omhyggelige)

  1. careful, thorough

Inflection

Inflection of omhyggelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular omhyggelig mere omhyggelig mest omhyggelig2
indefinite neuter singular omhyggeligt mere omhyggelig mest omhyggelig2
plural omhyggelige mere omhyggelig mest omhyggelig2
definite attributive1 omhyggelige mere omhyggelig mest omhyggelige

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

The same word in Danish derived from an old verb omhygge, which may in turn come from Old Norse umhyggja

Adjective

omhyggelig (neuter singular omhyggelig, definite singular and plural omhyggelige)

  1. careful

References

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