"høflig" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Danish]

Etymology: Borrowed from Low German hövelik or German höflich, both meaning "courteous, polite." Etymology templates: {{bor|da|nds|hövelik}} Low German hövelik, {{bor|da|de|höflich}} German höflich Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|neuter|høfligt|||plural and definite singular attributive|høflige||||{{{3}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{4}}}||{{{sup2}}}||{{{5}}}|||f1accel-form=n|s|f3accel-form=e-form|f5accel-form=comd|f7accel-form=pred|supd|f9accel-form=attr|supd|head=|head2=|sort=}} høflig (neuter høfligt, plural and definite singular attributive høflige), {{da-adj|t|e}} høflig (neuter høfligt, plural and definite singular attributive høflige) Inflection templates: {{da-adj-infl||st}} Forms: høfligt [neuter], høflige [attributive, definite, singular], høflige [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], høflig [error-unrecognized-form, positive], høfligere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], høfligst [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], høfligt [error-unrecognized-form, positive], høflige [plural, positive], høfligere [comparative, plural], høfligst [plural, superlative], høflige [error-unrecognized-form, positive], høfligste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. polite, civil, courteous Derived forms: høflighed, uhøflig, uhøflighed
    Sense id: en-høflig-da-adj-FpojIpMY Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈhøːflɪ/ Forms: høflig [neuter, singular], høflige [definite, plural, singular], høfligere [comparative], høfligst [indefinite, superlative], høfligste [definite, superlative]
Etymology: From German Low German hövelik and German höflich. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|nds-de|hövelik}} German Low German hövelik, {{der|nb|de|höflich}} German höflich Head templates: {{head|nb|adjective|neuter singular|høflig|definite singular and plural|høflige|comparative|høfligere|indefinite superlative|høfligst|definite superlative|høfligste}} høflig (neuter singular høflig, definite singular and plural høflige, comparative høfligere, indefinite superlative høfligst, definite superlative høfligste)
  1. polite, courteous Related terms: høfleg [Nynorsk]

Inflected forms

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