sagtmodig
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (“quiet”) and mod (“mood, affect”). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (“arrogant”), tålmodig (“patient”), ædelmodig (“magnanimous”), godmodig (“kind, friendly”), vemodig (“melancholic”), overmodig (“overconfident”), frimodig (“candid, frank”), mismodig (“despondent”), heltemodig (“heroic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑɡdˈmoˀði/
Adjective
sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)
Declension
| Inflection of sagtmodig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | sagtmodig | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | sagtmodigt | — | —2 |
| Plural | sagtmodige | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | sagtmodige | — | — |
| 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. | |||
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