flygg
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German flügg, flügge. Cognate of German flügge, Danish flyg. Compare Icelandic fleygur, Dutch vlug.
Declension
Inflection of flygg | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | flygg | mer flygg | mest flygg |
Neuter singular | flyggt | mer flyggt | mest flyggt |
Plural | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
Masculine plural3 | flygge | mer flygga | mest flygga |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | flygge | mer flygge | mest flygge |
All | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
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 |
Further reading
- flygg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- flygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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