Danish

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Etymology

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From nord +‎ -lig.

Adjective

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nordlig (neuter nordligt, plural and definite singular attributive nordlige)

  1. northern
  2. (meteorology) northerly

Declension

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Inflection of nordlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular nordlig 2
indefinite neuter singular nordligt 2
plural nordlige 2
definite attributive1 nordlige

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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nordlig (neuter singular nordlig, definite singular and plural nordlige, comparative nordligere, indefinite superlative nordligst, definite superlative nordligste)

  1. northern
  2. northerly (direction, wind)
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See also

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Swedish

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Etymology

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nord +‎ -lig

Adjective

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nordlig (comparative nordligare, superlative nordligast)

  1. northern

Declension

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Inflection of nordlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nordlig nordligare nordligast
neuter singular nordligt nordligare nordligast
plural nordliga nordligare nordligast
masculine plural2 nordlige nordligare nordligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nordlige nordligare nordligaste
all nordliga nordligare nordligaste

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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