vettig

Dutch

Etymology

vet (“fat, grease”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)

  1. greasy

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigere, superlative vettigst)

  1. reasonable, sensible

Swedish

Etymology

From vett (“wit”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)

  1. reasonable, sensible
    Det låter vettigt
    That sounds reasonable
    Jag tror det är en rätt vettig plan
    I think it's a fairly sensible plan
    Han brukar vara rätt vettig
    He's usually a fairly reasonable guy

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
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