vettig

Dutch

Etymology

From vet (“fat, grease”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)

greasy

Declension

Declension of vettig
uninflected	vettig
inflected	vettige
comparative	vettiger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vettig	vettiger	het vettigst het vettigste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vettige	vettigere	vettigste
	n. sing.	vettig	vettiger	vettigste
	plural	vettige	vettigere	vettigste
definite		vettige	vettigere	vettigste
partitive		vettigs	vettigers	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigere, superlative vettigst)

reasonable, sensible

Swedish

Etymology

From vett (“wit”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)

reasonable, sensible
Det låter vettigt
That sounds reasonable

Jag tror det är en rätt vettig plan
I think it's a fairly sensible plan

Han brukar vara rätt vettig
He's usually a fairly reasonable guy

Declension

Inflection of **vettig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	vettig	vettigare	vettigast
neuter singular	vettigt	vettigare	vettigast
plural	vettiga	vettigare	vettigast
masculine plural²	vettige	vettigare	vettigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	vettige	vettigare	vettigaste
all	vettiga	vettigare	vettigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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