From German hurtig. Derived from the obsolete noun hurt (“thrust”), borrowed from Old French hurt (“thrust”) and hurter (“to thrust”) (French heurt, heurter). These words are in turn borrowed from Frankish *hūrt (“ram”), cognate with Old Norse hrútr.
hurtig (neuter hurtigt, plural and definite singular attributive hurtige, comparative hurtigere, superlative (predicative) hurtigst, superlative (attributive) hurtigste)
| Inflection of hurtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | hurtig | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | hurtigt | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Plural | hurtige | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | hurtige | hurtigere | hurtigste |
| 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. | |||
Middle High German hurteclich, from hurt, from Old French hurt (French heurt).
hurtig (strong nominative masculine singular hurtiger, comparative hurtiger, superlative am hurtigsten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist hurtig | sie ist hurtig | es ist hurtig | sie sind hurtig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | hurtiger | hurtige | hurtiges | hurtige |
| genitive | hurtigen | hurtiger | hurtigen | hurtiger | |
| dative | hurtigem | hurtiger | hurtigem | hurtigen | |
| accusative | hurtigen | hurtige | hurtiges | hurtige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der hurtige | die hurtige | das hurtige | die hurtigen |
| genitive | des hurtigen | der hurtigen | des hurtigen | der hurtigen | |
| dative | dem hurtigen | der hurtigen | dem hurtigen | den hurtigen | |
| accusative | den hurtigen | die hurtige | das hurtige | die hurtigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein hurtiger | eine hurtige | ein hurtiges | (keine) hurtigen |
| genitive | eines hurtigen | einer hurtigen | eines hurtigen | (keiner) hurtigen | |
| dative | einem hurtigen | einer hurtigen | einem hurtigen | (keinen) hurtigen | |
| accusative | einen hurtigen | eine hurtige | ein hurtiges | (keine) hurtigen | |
From German hurtig (dated or regional).
hurtig (neuter singular hurtig, definite singular and plural hurtige, comparative hurtigere, indefinite superlative hurtigst, definite superlative hurtigste)
hurtig (comparative hurtigare, superlative hurtigast)
Often has connotations of being too full of energy and pep, in a tiring or goody two shoes way. This can be made explicit with hurtfrisk.
| Inflection of hurtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hurtig | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Neuter singular | hurtigt | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Plural | hurtiga | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Masculine plural3 | hurtige | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hurtige | hurtigare | hurtigaste |
| All | hurtiga | hurtigare | hurtigaste |
| 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 | |||