elendig
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German elendich, from Old Saxon elilendi. Cognate of German elend (“miserable”), Elend (“misery”) and Dutch ellende (“misery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈlɛnˀd̥i]
Adjective
elendig (neuter elendigt, plural and definite singular attributive elendige, comparative elendigere, superlative (predicative) elendigst, superlative (attributive) elendigste)
References
- “elendig” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪç] (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: elen‧dig
Adjective
elendig (strong nominative masculine singular elendiger, comparative elendiger, superlative am elendigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of elendig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist elendig | sie ist elendig | es ist elendig | sie sind elendig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elendiger | elendige | elendiges | elendige |
| genitive | elendigen | elendiger | elendigen | elendiger | |
| dative | elendigem | elendiger | elendigem | elendigen | |
| accusative | elendigen | elendige | elendiges | elendige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elendige | die elendige | das elendige | die elendigen |
| genitive | des elendigen | der elendigen | des elendigen | der elendigen | |
| dative | dem elendigen | der elendigen | dem elendigen | den elendigen | |
| accusative | den elendigen | die elendige | das elendige | die elendigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elendiger | eine elendige | ein elendiges | (keine) elendigen |
| genitive | eines elendigen | einer elendigen | eines elendigen | (keiner) elendigen | |
| dative | einem elendigen | einer elendigen | einem elendigen | (keinen) elendigen | |
| accusative | einen elendigen | eine elendige | ein elendiges | (keine) elendigen | |
Comparative forms of elendig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist elendiger | sie ist elendiger | es ist elendiger | sie sind elendiger | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elendigerer | elendigere | elendigeres | elendigere |
| genitive | elendigeren | elendigerer | elendigeren | elendigerer | |
| dative | elendigerem | elendigerer | elendigerem | elendigeren | |
| accusative | elendigeren | elendigere | elendigeres | elendigere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elendigere | die elendigere | das elendigere | die elendigeren |
| genitive | des elendigeren | der elendigeren | des elendigeren | der elendigeren | |
| dative | dem elendigeren | der elendigeren | dem elendigeren | den elendigeren | |
| accusative | den elendigeren | die elendigere | das elendigere | die elendigeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elendigerer | eine elendigere | ein elendigeres | (keine) elendigeren |
| genitive | eines elendigeren | einer elendigeren | eines elendigeren | (keiner) elendigeren | |
| dative | einem elendigeren | einer elendigeren | einem elendigeren | (keinen) elendigeren | |
| accusative | einen elendigeren | eine elendigere | ein elendigeres | (keine) elendigeren | |
Superlative forms of elendig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am elendigsten | sie ist am elendigsten | es ist am elendigsten | sie sind am elendigsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elendigster | elendigste | elendigstes | elendigste |
| genitive | elendigsten | elendigster | elendigsten | elendigster | |
| dative | elendigstem | elendigster | elendigstem | elendigsten | |
| accusative | elendigsten | elendigste | elendigstes | elendigste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elendigste | die elendigste | das elendigste | die elendigsten |
| genitive | des elendigsten | der elendigsten | des elendigsten | der elendigsten | |
| dative | dem elendigsten | der elendigsten | dem elendigsten | den elendigsten | |
| accusative | den elendigsten | die elendigste | das elendigste | die elendigsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elendigster | eine elendigste | ein elendigstes | (keine) elendigsten |
| genitive | eines elendigsten | einer elendigsten | eines elendigsten | (keiner) elendigsten | |
| dative | einem elendigsten | einer elendigsten | einem elendigsten | (keinen) elendigsten | |
| accusative | einen elendigsten | eine elendigste | ein elendigstes | (keine) elendigsten | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German elendich.
Adjective
elendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigere, indefinite superlative elendigst, definite superlative elendigste)
References
- “elendig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German elendich.
Adjective
elendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigare, indefinite superlative elendigast, definite superlative elendigaste)
References
- “elendig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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