"fager" meaning in Danish

See fager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /faːˀɣər/, [ˈfæˀjɐ], [ˈfæˀɐ]
Etymology: From Old Danish faghær, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, cognate with Norwegian fager, Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|faghær}} Old Danish faghær, {{inh|da|non|fagr}} Old Norse fagr, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*fagraz}} Proto-Germanic *fagraz, {{cog|no|fager}} Norwegian fager, {{cog|sv|fager}} Swedish fager, {{cog|is|fagur}} Icelandic fagur, {{cog|en|fair}} English fair Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|neuter|fagert|||plural and definite singular attributive|fagre||||{{{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=}} fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre), {{da-adj|t|fagre}} fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre) Inflection templates: {{da-adj-infl|fagr|est}} Forms: fagert [neuter], fagre [attributive, definite, singular], fagre [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fager [error-unrecognized-form, positive], fagrere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], fagrest [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], fagert [error-unrecognized-form, positive], fagre [plural, positive], fagrere [comparative, plural], fagrest [plural, superlative], fagre [error-unrecognized-form, positive], fagreste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], favr [alternative]
  1. (poetic, sometimes ironic) fair, pretty, wonderful Tags: ironic, poetic, sometimes Synonyms: vakker, væn, smuk Derived forms: barmfager, hårfager, det fagreste træ i skoven
    Sense id: en-fager-da-adj-6T6RK8Kz Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Icelandic fagur",
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          "word": "det fagreste træ i skoven"
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        }
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      "ipa": "/faːˀɣər/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈfæˀjɐ]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfæˀɐ]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfæˀjɐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfæˀɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fager"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fager meaning in Danish (3.8kB)

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