"driftig" meaning in Danish

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle Low German driftich. Equivalent to drift + -ig. Etymology templates: {{der|da|gml|driftich}} Middle Low German driftich, {{suf|da|drift|ig}} drift + -ig Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|neuter|driftigt|||plural and definite singular attributive|driftige||||{{{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=}} driftig (neuter driftigt, plural and definite singular attributive driftige), {{da-adj|t|e}} driftig (neuter driftigt, plural and definite singular attributive driftige) Inflection templates: {{da-adj-infl|driftig|st}} Forms: driftigt [neuter], driftige [attributive, definite, singular], driftige [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], driftig [error-unrecognized-form, positive], driftigere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], driftigst [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], driftigt [error-unrecognized-form, positive], driftige [plural, positive], driftigere [comparative, plural], driftigst [plural, superlative], driftige [error-unrecognized-form, positive], driftigste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. enterprising, entrepreneurial, driven, go-getting Synonyms: virkelysten Derived forms: driftighed
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}

Download raw JSONL data for driftig meaning in Danish (2.9kB)

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  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'indefinite neuter singular'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'definite attributive'",
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