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stygg

stygg

Norwegian Bokmål

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. (of a wound or a cut) nasty; serious
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse styggr

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. (of a wound or a cut) nasty; serious
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stygger, from Old Norse styggr.

Adjective

stygg

  1. naughty, mean, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

Declension

Inflection of stygg
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stygg styggare styggast
Neuter singular styggt styggare styggast
Plural stygga styggare styggast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 stygge styggare styggaste
All stygga styggare styggaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • stygging