borgerlig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From borger +‎ -lig.

Adjective

borgerlig (neuter singular borgerlig, definite singular and plural borgerlige)

  1. bourgeois, middle-class
  2. civil

References

Swedish

Etymology

From borgare (“bourgeoisie”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

borgerlig (comparative borgerligare, superlative borgerligast)

  1. bourgeois, middle-class
  2. (politics) nonsocialist
  3. civil

Declension

Inflection of borgerlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular borgerlig borgerligare borgerligast
neuter singular borgerligt borgerligare borgerligast
plural borgerliga borgerligare borgerligast
masculine plural2 borgerlige borgerligare borgerligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 borgerlige borgerligare borgerligaste
all borgerliga borgerligare borgerligaste

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.

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References

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