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-mässig
-mässig
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowing from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”)
Suffix
-mässig
- capable, characteristic, fitting, accordingly, according to measure; forming an adjective from a noun
Declension
Same as other Swedish adjectives that end in -ig
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-m%C3%A4ssig'>Swedish words suffixed with -mässig</a>
See also
- måttlig (cognate with German mäßig)
- medelmåttig (perhaps the only example of the suffix -måttig, also based on Maß/mäßig)
References
- mässig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.