duktig
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German duchtich, from Old Saxon *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg (“strong, proficient”). Parallel borrowing with Danish dygtig, Norwegian dyktig.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
duktig (comparative duktigare, superlative duktigast)
- skilled; clever; good; hard-working; diligent (showing "good" behavior, in an extended sense that includes both being good at something and behaving well)
Declension
| Inflection of duktig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | duktig | duktigare | duktigast |
| Neuter singular | duktigt | duktigare | duktigast |
| Plural | duktiga | duktigare | duktigast |
| Masculine plural3 | duktige | duktigare | duktigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | duktige | duktigare | duktigaste |
| All | duktiga | duktigare | duktigaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
Related terms
- duktigt (has an additional, unintuitive sense of "very (much)")
References
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