villig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to vilje (“will”) +‎ -ig (adjective suffix), from Old Norse viljugr or a calque of Middle Low German willich. Compare also Norwegian, Swedish villig, German willig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vili/, [ˈʋili]

Adjective

villig (neuter villigt, plural and definite singular attributive villige)

willing

Inflection

Inflection of villig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	villig	villigere	villigst²
Indefinite neuter singular	villigt	villigere	villigst²
Plural	villige	villigere	villigst²
Definite attributive¹	villige	villigere	villigste
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.

Derived terms

frivillig
godvillig
indvillige
lærevillig
modvillig
offervillig
risikovillig
samarbejdsvillig
uvillig
velvillig
villighed
vrangvillig

References

“villig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigere, indefinite superlative villigst, definite superlative villigste)

willing

Derived terms

References

“villig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“villig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

viljug

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigare, indefinite superlative villigast, definite superlative villigaste)

willing

Derived terms

motvillig

References

“villig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vililiker, viliogher.

Adjective

villig (comparative villigare, superlative villigast)

willing
willing (sexually)

Declension

Inflection of villig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	villig	villigare	villigast
Neuter singular	villigt	villigare	villigast
Plural	villiga	villigare	villigast
Masculine plural³	villige	villigare	villigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	villige	villigare	villigaste
All	villiga	villigare	villigaste
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

References

Anagrams

livlig

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