mäktig

mäktig

Swedish

Etymology

From a late Old Norse mektugr, borrowed from Middle Low German mechtich, from Old Saxon mahtig, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɛktɪ(ɡ)/

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Adjective

mäktig (comparative mäktigare, superlative mäktigast)

1. powerful
2. imposing
3. mighty

Declension

Inflection of mäktig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mäktig	mäktigare	mäktigast
Neuter singular	mäktigt	mäktigare	mäktigast
Plural	mäktiga	mäktigare	mäktigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mäktige	mäktigare	mäktigaste
All	mäktiga	mäktigare	mäktigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

• makt
• mäkta