From Old Danish degeligh, from Middle Low German degelik (“prosperous, vigorous”) (from Old Saxon *dēg, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz), + the suffix *-līkaz.
Cognate with older Swedish dejlig, Norwegian Bokmål deilig and Dutch degelijk (“sound, solid”).
dejlig
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | dejlig | dejligere | dejligst2 |
indefinite neuter singular | dejligt | dejligere | dejligst2 |
plural | dejlige | dejligere | dejligst2 |
definite attributive1 | dejlige | dejligere | dejligste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.