ydmyg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg, from Old Norse auðmjúkr (“willing, humble”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk, Swedish ödmjuk. A compound of auð- (“easy”) +‎ mjúkr (“soft”). The first part is an old Germanic adjective *auþuz (“easy”), cognate with English eath.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /yðmyːˀ/, [ˈyðˌmyˀ]

Adjective

ydmyg (neuter ydmygt, plural and definite singular attributive ydmyge)

  1. humble

Inflection

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

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