vanvittig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to van- (“badly”) +‎ vittig (“minded”) or rather vanvid (“insanity”) +‎ -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋanˌʋid̥i]

Adjective

vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)

  1. insane

Inflection
Inflection of vanvittig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular vanvittig vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Neuter singular vanvittigt vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Plural vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Definite attributive1 vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigste
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.

Adverb

vanvittig

  1. insanely, madly
  2. extremely

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to vanvidd

Adjective

vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
  • vanvidd

See also
  • vanvettig, vanvettug, vanvitig, vanvitug (all Nynorsk)

References
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