förgänglig

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish forgangliker, from Middle Low German vorgenklik, from vorgān (“expire”), cognate with Danish forgængelig, Norwegian Bokmål forgjengelig, Norwegian Nynorsk forgjengeleg, German vergänglich and Dutch vergankelijk. Equivalent to för- (“fore-”) +‎ gång (“going”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”) or förgå +‎ -lig with umlaut on the å becoming an ä, and g accordingly being pronounced as a Swedish j sound since ä is a so-called soft vowel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fœrˈjɛŋlɪ(ɡ)/ === Adjective === förgänglig (comparative förgängligare, superlative förgängligast) perishable, corruptable, transient ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== förgå === References === “förgänglig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “förgänglig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)