syge

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsyːə], [ˈsyːy]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish syugæ, siwgæ, cognate with Swedish sjuka. Derived from Old Norse sjúkr (sick), from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Noun

syge c (singular definite sygen, plural indefinite syger)

  1. disease, sickness
Inflection
Declension of syge
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative syge sygen syger sygerne
genitive syges sygens sygers sygernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

syge

  1. definite of syg
  2. plural of syg

Old English

Noun

syġe m

  1. alternative form of siġe