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Danish
Etymology
Compound of egen + nyttig. Compare German eigennützig.
Adjective
egennyttig
- selfish
- Synonym: selvisk
- Antonym: uegennyttig
Declension
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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of egen + nyttig. Compare German eigennützig.
Adjective
egennyttig (comparative mer egennyttig, superlative mest egennyttig)
- selfish
- Synonyms: självisk, egoistisk
- Antonyms: oegennyttig, osjälvisk, altruistisk
Declension
| Inflection of egennyttig
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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egennyttig
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mer egennyttig
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mest egennyttig
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| Neuter singular
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egennyttigt
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mer egennyttigt
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mest egennyttigt
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| Plural
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egennyttiga
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mer egennyttiga
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mest egennyttiga
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| Masculine plural3
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egennyttige
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mer egennyttiga
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mest egennyttiga
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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egennyttige
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mer egennyttige
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mest egennyttige
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| All
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egennyttiga
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mer egennyttiga
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mest egennyttiga
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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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