hurtig
Danish
Etymology
From German hurtig. Derived from the obsolete noun hurt (“thrust”), borrowed from Old French hurt (“thrust”) and hurter (“to thrust”) (French heurt, heurter). These words are in turn borrowed from Frankish *hūrt (“ram”), cognate with Old Norse hrútr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /horti/, [ˈhoɐ̯d̥i] or IPA(key): /hurti/, [ˈhuɐ̯d̥i]
Adjective
hurtig (neuter hurtigt, plural and definite singular attributive hurtige, comparative hurtigere, superlative (predicative) hurtigst, superlative (attributive) hurtigste)
- quick, rapid, fast
Inflection
| Inflection of hurtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | hurtig | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Neuter singular | hurtigt | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Plural | hurtige | hurtigere | hurtigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | hurtige | hurtigere | hurtigste |
| 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. | |||
References
- “hurtig” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Etymology
Middle High German hurteclich, from hurt, from Old French hurt (French heurt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪç/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hur‧tig
Adjective
hurtig (strong nominative masculine singular hurtiger, comparative hurtiger, superlative am hurtigsten)
- (dated or regional) fast
- Synonyms: flink, gewandt
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:
- Sie schmunzelt uns und blickt nach solcher Schedel; / Und hurtiger als durch Witz und Redekunst / Vermittelt sich die reichste Liebesgunst.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension
Positive forms of hurtig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist hurtig | sie ist hurtig | es ist hurtig | sie sind hurtig | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | hurtiger | hurtige | hurtiges | hurtige |
| genitive | hurtigen | hurtiger | hurtigen | hurtiger | |
| dative | hurtigem | hurtiger | hurtigem | hurtigen | |
| accusative | hurtigen | hurtige | hurtiges | hurtige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der hurtige | die hurtige | das hurtige | die hurtigen |
| genitive | des hurtigen | der hurtigen | des hurtigen | der hurtigen | |
| dative | dem hurtigen | der hurtigen | dem hurtigen | den hurtigen | |
| accusative | den hurtigen | die hurtige | das hurtige | die hurtigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein hurtiger | eine hurtige | ein hurtiges | (keine) hurtigen |
| genitive | eines hurtigen | einer hurtigen | eines hurtigen | (keiner) hurtigen | |
| dative | einem hurtigen | einer hurtigen | einem hurtigen | (keinen) hurtigen | |
| accusative | einen hurtigen | eine hurtige | ein hurtiges | (keine) hurtigen | |
Comparative forms of hurtig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist hurtiger | sie ist hurtiger | es ist hurtiger | sie sind hurtiger | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | hurtigerer | hurtigere | hurtigeres | hurtigere |
| genitive | hurtigeren | hurtigerer | hurtigeren | hurtigerer | |
| dative | hurtigerem | hurtigerer | hurtigerem | hurtigeren | |
| accusative | hurtigeren | hurtigere | hurtigeres | hurtigere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der hurtigere | die hurtigere | das hurtigere | die hurtigeren |
| genitive | des hurtigeren | der hurtigeren | des hurtigeren | der hurtigeren | |
| dative | dem hurtigeren | der hurtigeren | dem hurtigeren | den hurtigeren | |
| accusative | den hurtigeren | die hurtigere | das hurtigere | die hurtigeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein hurtigerer | eine hurtigere | ein hurtigeres | (keine) hurtigeren |
| genitive | eines hurtigeren | einer hurtigeren | eines hurtigeren | (keiner) hurtigeren | |
| dative | einem hurtigeren | einer hurtigeren | einem hurtigeren | (keinen) hurtigeren | |
| accusative | einen hurtigeren | eine hurtigere | ein hurtigeres | (keine) hurtigeren | |
Superlative forms of hurtig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am hurtigsten | sie ist am hurtigsten | es ist am hurtigsten | sie sind am hurtigsten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | hurtigster | hurtigste | hurtigstes | hurtigste |
| genitive | hurtigsten | hurtigster | hurtigsten | hurtigster | |
| dative | hurtigstem | hurtigster | hurtigstem | hurtigsten | |
| accusative | hurtigsten | hurtigste | hurtigstes | hurtigste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der hurtigste | die hurtigste | das hurtigste | die hurtigsten |
| genitive | des hurtigsten | der hurtigsten | des hurtigsten | der hurtigsten | |
| dative | dem hurtigsten | der hurtigsten | dem hurtigsten | den hurtigsten | |
| accusative | den hurtigsten | die hurtigste | das hurtigste | die hurtigsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein hurtigster | eine hurtigste | ein hurtigstes | (keine) hurtigsten |
| genitive | eines hurtigsten | einer hurtigsten | eines hurtigsten | (keiner) hurtigsten | |
| dative | einem hurtigsten | einer hurtigsten | einem hurtigsten | (keinen) hurtigsten | |
| accusative | einen hurtigsten | eine hurtigste | ein hurtigstes | (keine) hurtigsten | |
Descendants
- Danish: hurtig
- Norwegian Bokmål: hurtig
Further reading
- “hurtig” in Duden online
- “hurtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German hurtig (dated or regional).
Adjective
hurtig (neuter singular hurtig, definite singular and plural hurtige, comparative hurtigere, indefinite superlative hurtigst, definite superlative hurtigste)
- quick; rapid
Derived terms
Terms derived from hurtig
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References
- “hurtig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
hurtig (comparative hurtigare, superlative hurtigast)
- full of energy, pep, and endurance, working hard and tirelessly
- Är de ute och springer nu igen? Jäklar vad hurtiga de är.
- Are they out running now again? Damn they're full of energy.
Usage notes
Often has connotations of being too full of energy and pep, in a tiring or goody two shoes way. This can be made explicit with hurtfrisk.
Declension
| Inflection of hurtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hurtig | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Neuter singular | hurtigt | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Plural | hurtiga | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Masculine plural3 | hurtige | hurtigare | hurtigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hurtige | hurtigare | hurtigaste |
| All | hurtiga | hurtigare | hurtigaste |
| 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
- hurtig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hurtig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hurtig in Svensk ordbok (SO)