hemmelig

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hemeliker, from Old Norse heimiligr, from Middle Low German heimelik, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hemmelig (neuter hemmeligt, plural and definite singular attributive hemmelige)

  1. secret (being or kept hidden)

Inflection

Inflection of hemmelig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular hemmelig hemmeligere hemmeligst2
Indefinite neuter singular hemmeligt hemmeligere hemmeligst2
Plural hemmelige hemmeligere hemmeligst2
Definite attributive1 hemmelige hemmeligere hemmeligste
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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish hemmelig; compare with Old Norse heimiligr.

Adjective

hemmelig (neuter singular hemmelig, definite singular and plural hemmelige)

  1. secret (not meant to be known or seen by others)

Derived terms

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References

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