frostig

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrostec, from Old High German frostag, from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, from Proto-Germanic *frustagaz, equivalent to Frost +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: fros‧tig

Adjective

frostig (strong nominative masculine singular frostiger, comparative frostiger, superlative am frostigsten)

  1. frosty

Declension

Further reading

  • frostig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • frostig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Old English

Pronunciation

Adjective

frostiġ

  1. Alternative form of forstiġ

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, frost +‎ -ig. Cognate of German frostig.

Adjective

frostig (comparative frostigare, superlative frostigast)

  1. frosty

Declension

Inflection of frostig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular frostig frostigare frostigast
neuter singular frostigt frostigare frostigast
plural frostiga frostigare frostigast
masculine plural2 frostige frostigare frostigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 frostige frostigare frostigaste
all frostiga frostigare frostigaste

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.

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