villig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to vilje (will) +‎ -ig (adjective suffix), from Old Norse viljugr or a calque of Middle Low German willich. Compare also Norwegian, Swedish villig, German willig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vili/, [ˈʋili]

Adjective

villig (neuter villigt, plural and definite singular attributive villige)

  1. willing

Inflection

Inflection of villig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular villig villigere villigst2
indefinite neuter singular villigt villigere villigst2
plural villige villigere villigst2
definite attributive1 villige villigere villigste

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.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigere, indefinite superlative villigst, definite superlative villigste)

  1. willing

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigare, indefinite superlative villigast, definite superlative villigaste)

  1. willing

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vililiker, viliogher.

Adjective

villig (comparative villigare, superlative villigast)

  1. willing
  2. willing (sexually)

Declension

Inflection of villig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular villig villigare villigast
neuter singular villigt villigare villigast
plural villiga villigare villigast
masculine plural2 villige villigare villigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 villige villigare villigaste
all villiga villigare villigaste

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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