väldig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German weldich, whence also Danish vældig and Norwegian Bokmål veldig (which are usually used in a different way from the Swedish word). See the related German gewaltig (“enormous”) for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

väldig (comparative väldigare, superlative väldigast)

  1. huge; of a very large size

Declension

Inflection of väldig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular väldig väldigare väldigast
neuter singular väldigt väldigare väldigast
plural väldiga väldigare väldigast
masculine plural2 väldige väldigare väldigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 väldige väldigare väldigaste
all väldiga väldigare väldigaste

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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