vanskelig

Danish

Etymology

From vanske +‎ -lig, Related to Danish vånde from Old Norse vándr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvansɡəli]

Adjective

vanskelig (neuter vanskeligt, plural and definite singular attributive vanskelige)

  1. difficult

Inflection

Inflection of vanskelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vanskelig vanskeligere vanskeligst2
indefinite neuter singular vanskeligt vanskeligere vanskeligst2
plural vanskelige vanskeligere vanskeligst2
definite attributive1 vanskelige vanskeligere vanskeligste

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From vanske +‎ -lig. Related to vond.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vanskelig (neuter singular vanskelig, definite singular and plural vanskelige, comparative vanskeligere, indefinite superlative vanskeligst, definite superlative vanskeligste)

  1. difficult (hard, not easy)
  2. hard (difficult)

Derived terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From vanske (“hardship, difficulty”) +‎ -lig.

Adjective

vanskelig (indefinite singular vanskelig, definite singular and plural vanskelige, comparative vanskeligare, indefinite superlative vanskeligast, definite superlative vanskeligaste)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vanskeleg
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