övrig

See also: øvrig

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Middle Low German överich or German übrig, equivalent to över +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

Adjective

övrig (not comparable)

  1. other, remaining
    • 1946, Thorsten Jonsson, Sidor av Amerika‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Kungliga biblioteket, archived from the original on 25 April 2025, page 292:
      Elva millioner amerikaner var i uniform; all övrig tillgänglig arbetskraft knogade i de fabriker som levererade materiel till U. S. A. och dess allierade.
      Eleven million Americans were in uniform; all other available labor toiled in the factories that supplied materiel to the U.S. and its allies.
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Andra Moseboken 28:9-10”, in Bibel 2000‎[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 25 April 2025:
      Du skall ta två onyxstenar och på dem rista in namnen på Israels söner: sex av namnen på den ena stenen och de sex övriga namnen på den andra stenen, i åldersordning.
      You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

Declension

Inflection of övrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular övrig — —
neuter singular övrigt — —
plural övriga — —
masculine plural2 övrige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 övrige — —
all övriga — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

  • för övrigt
  • i övrigt

References

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