ordentlig

Danish

Etymology

German ordentlich, compare orden and -lig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔr(də)nli/, [ˈɒːˀ(d̥ə)nli]

Adjective

ordentlig

  1. correct, orderly, regular, well-ordered
  2. neat, tidy
  3. methodical, orderly, tidy
  4. accurate, careful
  5. decent, nice
  6. proper
  7. (adverbial) accurately, awfully, carefully, correctly, decently, methodically, neatly, properly, regularly, steadily, thoroughly, tidily, well

Inflection
Inflection of ordentlig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular ordentlig ordentligere ordentligst2
Indefinite neuter singular ordentligt ordentligere ordentligst2
Plural ordentlige ordentligere ordentligst2
Definite attributive1 ordentlige ordentligere ordentligste
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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German ordentlich.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈor.dɛnt.lɪ/, [ˈɔ.ɖənt.lɪ], [ˈɔ.ɖɳ̩ʈ.ɭɪ], [ˈɔɳʈ.ɭɪ], (colloquial) [ˈɔŋk.lɪ]

Adjective

ordentlig (neuter singular ordentlig, definite singular and plural ordentlige)

  1. orderly, neat, tidy
  2. correct, proper, respectable, decent
  3. proper, real, regular
  4. (as an adverb) properly

See also

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German ordentlich, from Middle High German ordenlich (cognate with Old High German ordenlīcho), from orden, from Latin ordō, from Proto-Italic *ordō (“row, order”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊˈɖɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ʊˈɖɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
  • Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -ent becomes -enk, with egentligen and äntligen.
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Adjective

ordentlig

  1. orderly, thorough, real, just

Declension
Inflection of ordentlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ordentlig ordentligare ordentligast
Neuter singular ordentligt ordentligare ordentligast
Plural ordentliga ordentligare ordentligast
Masculine plural3 ordentlige ordentligare ordentligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ordentlige ordentligare ordentligaste
All ordentliga ordentligare ordentligaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

References
  • ordentlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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