dejlig

Danish

Alternative forms

• deilig (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Danish degeligh, from Middle Low German degelik (“prosperous, vigorous”) (from Old Saxon *dēg, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz), + the suffix *-līkaz.

Cognate with older Swedish dejlig, Norwegian Bokmål deilig and Dutch degelijk (“sound, solid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdajli/, [ˈd̥ɑjli], [ˈtɑ̈jli]

Adjective

dejlig

1. delightful
2. lovely
3. beautiful
4. delicious
5. (ironic) fine, nice
6. (adverbial) delightfully, beautifully

Inflection

Inflection of dejlig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	dejlig	dejligere	dejligst2
Indefinite neuter singular	dejligt	dejligere	dejligst2
Plural	dejlige	dejligere	dejligst2
Definite attributive1	dejlige	dejligere	dejligste
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

• dejlighed

Descendants

• → Faroese: deiligur
• → Icelandic: dægilegur