hurtig
Danish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Derived from the obsolete noun hurt (“thrust”), borrowed from Old French hurt (“thrust”) and hurter (“to thrust”) (French heurt, heurter). These words are in turn borrowed from Frankish *hūrt (“ram”), cognate with Old Norse hrútr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /horti/, [ˈhoɐ̯d̥i] or IPA(key): /hurti/, [ˈhuɐ̯d̥i]
Adjective
hurtig (neuter hurtigt, plural and definite singular attributive hurtige, comparative hurtigere, superlative (predicative) hurtigst, superlative (attributive) hurtigste)
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “hurtig” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Etymology
Middle High German hurteclich, from hurt, from Old French hurt (French heurt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪç/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hur‧tig
Adjective
hurtig (strong nominative masculine singular hurtiger, comparative hurtiger, superlative am hurtigsten)
- (dated or regional) fast
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:
- Sie schmunzelt uns und blickt nach solcher Schedel; / Und hurtiger als durch Witz und Redekunst / Vermittelt sich die reichste Liebesgunst.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (dated or regional).
Adjective
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
References
- “hurtig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
hurtig (comparative hurtigare, superlative hurtigast)
- full of energy, pep, and endurance, working hard and tirelessly
- Är de ute och springer nu igen? Jäklar vad hurtiga de är.
- Are they out running now again? Damn they're full of energy.
Usage notes
Often has connotations of being too full of energy and pep, in a tiring or goody two shoes way. This can be made explicit with hurtfrisk.
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)