dejlig

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Danish degeligh, from Middle Low German degelik (“prosperous, vigorous”) (from Old Saxon *dēg, from Proto-West Germanic *daig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz), + the suffix *-līkaz.

Cognate with older Swedish dejlig, Norwegian Bokmål deilig and Dutch degelijk (“sound, solid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdajli/, [ˈd̥ɑjli], [ˈtɑ̈jli]

Adjective

dejlig

  1. delightful
  2. lovely
  3. beautiful
  4. delicious
  5. (ironic) fine, nice
  6. (adverbial) delightfully, beautifully

Inflection

Inflection of dejlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular dejlig dejligere dejligst2
indefinite neuter singular dejligt dejligere dejligst2
plural dejlige dejligere dejligst2
definite attributive1 dejlige dejligere dejligste

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.

Derived terms

  • dejlighed

Descendants

  • → Faroese: deiligur
  • → Icelandic: dægilegur
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