Borrowed from Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (“quiet”) and mod (“mood, affect”). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (“arrogant”), tålmodig (“patient”), ædelmodig (“magnanimous”), godmodig (“kind, friendly”), vemodig (“melancholic”), overmodig (“overconfident”), frimodig (“candid, frank”), mismodig (“despondent”), heltemodig (“heroic”).
sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | sagtmodig | — | —2 |
indefinite neuter singular | sagtmodigt | — | —2 |
plural | sagtmodige | — | —2 |
definite attributive1 | sagtmodige | — | — |
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.