ærbar

Danish

Etymology

By surface analysis, ære +‎ -bar. From Middle Low German erbar (noble).

Adjective

ærbar (neuter ærbart, plural and definite singular attributive ærbare)

  1. honourable, modest, decent, reserved

Declension

Inflection of ærbar
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular ærbar mere ærbar mest ærbar2
indefinite neuter singular ærbart mere ærbar mest ærbar2
plural ærbare mere ærbar mest ærbar2
definite attributive1 ærbare mere ærbar mest ærbare

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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