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Danish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse styggr, from Proto-Germanic *stugjaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål stygg (“ugly”), Norwegian Nynorsk stygg (“ugly”), Swedish stygg (“bad”), Dutch stug (“stiff”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
styg (neuter stygt, plural and definite singular attributive stygge)
- bad
- ugly
- disgusting
Inflection
| Inflection of styg
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Indefinte common singular
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styg
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styggere
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styggest2
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| Indefinite neuter singular
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stygt
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styggere
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styggest2
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| Plural
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stygge
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styggere
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styggest2
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| Definite attributive1
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stygge
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styggere
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styggeste
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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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