sagtmodig

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Danish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)

  1. melancholic

Declension

Inflection of sagtmodig
positive comparative superlative
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.

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