tidig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tíðligr and Middle Low German tidelik, related to tid.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

tidig (comparative tidigare, superlative tidigast)

  1. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)
    Jag tog en tidig lunch idag, så jag har redan ätit.
    I took an early lunch today, so I've already eaten.
  2. early (arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time)
    Tidningsbudet var ovanligt tidigt idag - tidningen hade kommit redan innan jag vaknade.
    The paperboy was unusually early today - the newspaper had arrived already before I woke up.
  3. early (near the start or beginning)
    Goethe var en tidig romantiker.
    Goethe was an early romanticist.
    John tyckte egentligen om tidiga morgnar, men sov oftast igenom dem.
    John actually liked early mornings, but usually slept through them.

Declension
Inflection of tidig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tidig tidigare tidigast
Neuter singular tidigt tidigare tidigast
Plural tidiga tidigare tidigast
Masculine plural3 tidige tidigare tidigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tidige tidigare tidigaste
All tidiga tidigare tidigaste
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

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