skadelig

Danish

Etymology

From skade (“to harm”) +‎ -lig. Compare German schädlich, English scathely.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skaːdəli/, [ˈsɡ̊æːðəli]

Adjective

skadelig

  1. harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious
  2. pernicious

Inflection
Inflection of skadelig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular skadelig skadeligere skadeligst2
Indefinite neuter singular skadeligt skadeligere skadeligst2
Plural skadelige skadeligere skadeligst2
Definite attributive1 skadelige skadeligere skadeligste
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
  • (harmful): usund
  • (pernicious): perniciøs

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From skade +‎ -lig.

Adjective

skadelig (neuter singular skadelig, definite singular and plural skadelige)

  1. harmful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious

Antonyms

Derived terms

References
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