egentlig

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low GermanCategory:Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German#EGENTLIGCategory:Danish terms derived from Middle Low German#EGENTLIG ēgentlik (actual), related to Swedish egentlig, German eigentlich, Dutch eigenlijk. Derived from the adjective Middle Low GermanCategory:Danish terms derived from Middle Low German#EGENTLIG ēgen (own), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EGENTLIG *aiganaz, cf. Danish egen, German eigen, English own.

Pronunciation

Adjective

egentligCategory:Danish lemmas#EGENTLIGCategory:Danish adjectives#EGENTLIGCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with entries#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EGENTLIG

  1. real, actual
  2. essential, important
  3. positive (definitely laid down, explicitly stated)
  4. proper

Inflection

Inflection of egentlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular egentlig 2
indefinite neuter singular egentligt 2
plural egentlige 2
definite attributive1 egentlige

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.

Synonyms

Adverb

egentligCategory:Danish lemmas#EGENTLIGCategory:Danish adverbs#EGENTLIGCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with entries#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EGENTLIG

  1. really, actually
  2. after all
  3. exactly, precisely
  4. strictly speaking
  5. originally

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German#EGENTLIG egentlik.

Adjective

egentlig (neuter singular egentlig, definite singular and plural egentlige)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#EGENTLIGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål adjectives#EGENTLIGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with entries#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EGENTLIG

  1. actual
  2. proper, real, true

Adverb

egentligCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#EGENTLIGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål adverbs#EGENTLIGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with entries#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EGENTLIG

  1. actually

See also

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

egentlig (not comparable)Category:Swedish lemmas#EGENTLIGCategory:Swedish adjectives#EGENTLIGCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with entries#EGENTLIGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EGENTLIG

  1. real, actual
    Det går att dra den slutsatsen också men det egentliga budskapet var faktiskt allas lika värde.
    You can draw that conclusion as well but the real message was actually equality for everyone.
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#EGENTLIG
  2. (arithmeticCategory:sv:Arithmetic#EGENTLIG, about fractions) proper
    Antonym: oegentlig
  3. proper, in the very strictest sense of the word.
    Egentliga Sverige är en term som användes för att beskriva Sverige exklusive dess erövrade områden.
    Sweden proper is a term that was used to talk about Sweden excluding its conquered areas.
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#EGENTLIG

Declension

Inflection of egentlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular egentlig
neuter singular egentligt
plural egentliga
masculine plural2 egentlige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 egentlige
all egentliga

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.

Category:Swedish uncomparable adjectives

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • egentlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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