-mässig

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See also: massig, mäßig, and -mäßig

German

Suffix

-mässig

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of -mäßig.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”). Compare Danish -mæssig.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-mässig

  1. -wise, in terms of (with respect to, concerning)
    Rent ketchupmässigt var det inga problem med burgarna. De hade lagom mycket ketchup.
    Purely ketchupwise, there was no problem with the burgers. They had a good amount of ketchup.
  2. -like (befitting the thing that comes before)
    gentlemannamässigt uppförande
    gentlemanlike behavior

Declension

Inflection of -mässig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular -mässig — —
neuter singular -mässigt — —
plural -mässiga — —
masculine plural2 -mässige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 -mässige — —
all -mässiga — —

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.

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -mässig

See also

References

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