ydmyg

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg, from Old Norse auðmjúkr (willing, humble), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk, Swedish ödmjuk. A compound of auð- (easy) +‎ mjúkr (soft). The first part is an old Germanic adjective *auþuz (easy), cognate with English eath.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /yðmyːˀ/, [ˈyðˌmyˀ]

Adjective

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ydmyg (neuter ydmygt, plural and definite singular attributive ydmyge)

  1. humble

Inflection

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Inflection of ydmyg
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular ydmyg ydmygere ydmygest2
Indefinite neuter singular ydmygt ydmygere ydmygest2
Plural ydmyge ydmygere ydmygest2
Definite attributive1 ydmyge ydmygere ydmygeste
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.

Derived terms

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