nedrig
Swedish
Adjective
nedrig (comparative nedrigare, superlative nedrigast)
- mean, mean-spirited, nasty
- Hon är så nedrig mot mig ― She's so mean to me
- En nedrig anklagelse ― A vile accusation
- Den där nedrige skurken! ― That wretched villain!
Usage notes
Often a bit quaint.
Declension
| Inflection of nedrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | nedrig | nedrigare | nedrigast |
| Neuter singular | nedrigt | nedrigare | nedrigast |
| Plural | nedriga | nedrigare | nedrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | nedrige | nedrigare | nedrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | nedrige | nedrigare | nedrigaste |
| All | nedriga | nedrigare | nedrigaste |
| 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 | |||
See also
- nedrans
References
- nedrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- nedrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nedrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)