stygg

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse styggr.

Adjective

stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggere, indefinite superlative styggest, definite superlative styggeste)

  1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
  2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse styggr. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

Adjective

stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggare, indefinite superlative styggast, definite superlative styggaste)

  1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
  2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

Alternative forms

Noun

stygg m (definite singular styggen, indefinite plural styggar, definite plural styggane)

  1. chills, a bad feeling; fright
  2. an ugly or nasty person or thing
  3. (by extension) devil, demon

Alternative forms

References

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish stygger, from Old Norse styggr.

Adjective

stygg (comparative styggare, superlative styggast)

  1. naughty, mean, bad ((inclined towards) misbehaving or acting badly)
    en stygg pojke
    a naughty boy (same tone as in English – possibly suggestive)
  2. (colloquial) hideous, nasty

Declension

Inflection of stygg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular stygg styggare styggast
neuter singular styggt styggare styggast
plural stygga styggare styggast
masculine plural2 stygge styggare styggast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 stygge styggare styggaste
all stygga styggare styggaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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