udlændig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish utlænnig (“foreign”), from Middle Low German ūtlendich, derived from ūt- (“out”) +‎ land (“land”) +‎ -ig, cf. German ausländisch, Ausländer and Danish udlænding with different suffixes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uðˈlɛnˀd̥i]

Adjective

udlændig (neuter udlændigt, plural and definite singular attributive udlændige)

  1. (obsolete) foreign, coming from abroad
  2. (obsolete) living abroad, exiled

Inflection

Inflection of udlændig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular udlændig — —2
indefinite neuter singular udlændigt — —2
plural udlændige — —2
definite attributive1 udlændige — —

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

  • udlændighed
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