mægtig
Danish
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): /mɛɡti/, [ˈmɛɡ̊d̥i]
Adjective
mægtig
- powerful, mighty
- huge, enormous, tremendous
Inflection
| Inflection of mægtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | mægtig | mægtigere | mægtigst2 |
| Neuter singular | mægtigt | mægtigere | mægtigst2 |
| Plural | mægtige | mægtigere | mægtigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | mægtige | mægtigere | mægtigste |
| 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. | |||
Adverb
mægtig
- powerfully
- hugely, enormously, tremendously
- immensely, greatly