Adjective: mager
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
magre
All Other Forms
magra
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | magrare |
| Definite | magrare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | magrast |
| Definite | magraste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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Det war den tidens smak: och ju magrare et land fans, ju snarare skickade det nya folksvärmar ifrån sig. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [1747–62, Olof von Dalin, Svea rikes historia]
Adjectives inflected like mager
träffsäker,
sjucker,
smäcker,
tonsäker,
ödesdiger,
självsäker,
jordbävningssäker,
onykter,
diger,
amper,
fager,
mager,
säker,
påver,
sober,
yster,
tvålfager,
halksäker,
terrester,
makaber, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
Verbs referencing "mager"
German Adjectives
mager.
Translations