adlig

== German == === Alternative forms === adelig (somewhat less common) === Etymology === Adel +‎ -ig === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪk/ (most speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) === Adjective === adlig (strong nominative masculine singular adliger, comparative adliger, superlative am adligsten) highborn, noble (of noble ancestry) (relational) nobility ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Adliger m, Adlige f Adligkeit ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “adlig” in Duden online “adlig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Old English == === Etymology === From ādl +‎ -iġ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːd.lij/ === Adjective === ādliġ sick, ill, diseased Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ádlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Swedish == === Etymology === Attested since 1560 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. The form adelig is the most common form until the end of the 18th century. From adel (“nobility”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːdˌlɪɡ/ === Adjective === adlig (not comparable) Belonging to the nobility. Characteristic of nobility. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== adel adla === Further reading === “adlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === glida