villig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to vilje (“will”) +‎ -ig (adjective suffix), from Old Norse viljugr or a calque of Middle Low German willich. Compare also Norwegian, Swedish villig, German willig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vili/, [ˈʋili]

Adjective

villig (neuter villigt, plural and definite singular attributive villige)

  1. willing

Inflection
Inflection of villig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular villig villigere villigst2
Neuter singular villigt villigere villigst2
Plural villige villigere villigst2
Definite attributive1 villige villigere villigste
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.

Derived terms
  • frivillig
  • godvillig
  • indvillige
  • lærevillig
  • modvillig
  • offervillig
  • risikovillig
  • samarbejdsvillig
  • uvillig
  • velvillig
  • villighed
  • vrangvillig

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr.

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigere, indefinite superlative villigst, definite superlative villigste)

  1. willing

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr.

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigare, indefinite superlative villigast, definite superlative villigaste)

  1. willing

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Adjective

villig (comparative villigare, superlative villigast)

  1. willing

Declension
Inflection of villig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular villig villigare villigast
Neuter singular villigt villigare villigast
Plural villiga villigare villigast
Masculine plural3 villige villigare villigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 villige villigare villigaste
All villiga villigare villigaste
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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