diger

See also: diğer, and digər

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse digr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːˀɐ]

Adjective

diger

1. bulky, fat
2. (rare) stout

Inflection

Inflection of diger
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	diger	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	digert	—	—2
Plural	digre	—	—2
Definite attributive1	digre	—	—
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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːɐ]
• Homophone: dier

Noun

diger n

1. indefinite plural of dige

References

• “diger” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse digr.

Adjective

diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrere, indefinite superlative digrest, definite superlative digreste)

1. big, large, huge

Derived terms

• kjempediger

References

• “diger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse digr.

Adjective

diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrare, indefinite superlative digrast, definite superlative digraste)

1. big, large, huge

Derived terms

• kjempediger

References

• “diger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish digher, from Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic *digraz.

Adjective

diger (comparative digrare, superlative digrast)

1. thick, extensive, voluminous

Declension

Inflection of diger
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	diger	digrare	digrast
Neuter singular	digert	digrare	digrast
Plural	digra	digrare	digrast
Masculine plural3	digre	digrare	digrast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	digre	digrare	digraste
All	digra	digrare	digraste
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

Derived terms

• allvarsdiger
• digerdöden
• händelsediger
• innehållsdiger
• molndiger
• olycksdiger
• ovädersdiger
• regndiger
• skickelsediger
• stormdiger
• tankdiger
• tankediger
• ödesdiger

 

References

• diger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diger in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diger in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• diger in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• digre