styg

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse styggr, from Proto-Germanic *stugjaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål stygg (“ugly”), Norwegian Nynorsk stygg (“ugly”), Swedish stygg (“bad”), Dutch stug (“stiff”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsd̥yɡ̊]

Adjective

styg (neuter stygt, plural and definite singular attributive stygge)

  1. bad
  2. ugly
  3. disgusting

Inflection

Inflection of styg
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular styg styggere styggest2
indefinite neuter singular stygt styggere styggest2
plural stygge styggere styggest2
definite attributive1 stygge styggere styggeste

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.

References

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