vanskelig

Danish

Etymology

Compound of vanske +‎ -lig, Related to Danish vånde from Old Norse vándr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvansɡəli]

Adjective

vanskelig (neuter vanskeligt, plural and definite singular attributive vanskelige, comparative vanskeligere, superlative (predicative) vanskeligst, superlative (attributive) vanskeligste)

  1. difficult

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From vanske +‎ -lig. Related to vond.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vanskelig (neuter singular vanskelig, definite singular and plural vanskelige, comparative vanskeligere, indefinite superlative vanskeligst, definite superlative vanskeligste)

  1. difficult (hard, not easy)
  2. hard (difficult)

Derived terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From vanske (hardship, difficulty) +‎ -lig.

Adjective

vanskelig (indefinite singular vanskelig, definite singular and plural vanskelige, comparative vanskeligare, indefinite superlative vanskeligast, definite superlative vanskeligaste)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vanskeleg