rostig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German rostec, from Old High German rostag, from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to Rost (“rust”) + -ig (“-y”). Cognate with English rusty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁɔstɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʁɔstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ros‧tig
Adjective
rostig (strong nominative masculine singular rostiger, comparative rostiger, superlative am rostigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of rostig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist rostig | sie ist rostig | es ist rostig | sie sind rostig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rostiger | rostige | rostiges | rostige |
| genitive | rostigen | rostiger | rostigen | rostiger | |
| dative | rostigem | rostiger | rostigem | rostigen | |
| accusative | rostigen | rostige | rostiges | rostige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rostige | die rostige | das rostige | die rostigen |
| genitive | des rostigen | der rostigen | des rostigen | der rostigen | |
| dative | dem rostigen | der rostigen | dem rostigen | den rostigen | |
| accusative | den rostigen | die rostige | das rostige | die rostigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rostiger | eine rostige | ein rostiges | (keine) rostigen |
| genitive | eines rostigen | einer rostigen | eines rostigen | (keiner) rostigen | |
| dative | einem rostigen | einer rostigen | einem rostigen | (keinen) rostigen | |
| accusative | einen rostigen | eine rostige | ein rostiges | (keine) rostigen | |
Comparative forms of rostig
Superlative forms of rostig
Swedish
Declension
| Inflection of rostig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rostig | rostigare | rostigast |
| Neuter singular | rostigt | rostigare | rostigast |
| Plural | rostiga | rostigare | rostigast |
| Masculine plural3 | rostige | rostigare | rostigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rostige | rostigare | rostigaste |
| All | rostiga | rostigare | rostigaste |
| 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 | |||
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