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)

  1. meek, gentle

Declension

Inflection of sagtmodig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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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