Adjective: duktig
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
duktige
All Other Forms
duktiga
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | duktigare |
| Definite | duktigare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | duktigast |
| Definite | duktigaste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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vara duktig i skolan (be good at school)
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Hon är duktig i matte (She is good at maths)
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en duktig fotograf (a talented photographer)
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en mycket duktig ung man (a very capable young man)
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Han städade rummet helt själv. Vilken duktig pojke! (He cleaned the room all by himself. What a good boy!)
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Var en duktig flicka nu, Elsa! (Be a good girl now, Elsa!)
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Jag var aldrig den duktiga flickan (I was never the good girl)
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Älska mig. Jag vill inte ha konflikter. Älska mig. Jag vill vara duktig. Älska mig. Mig och mig och ingen annan. Älska mig. Ge mig kärlek. (Love me. I don't want conflicts. Love me. I want to be good at things [a capable person]. Love me. Me and me and no one else. Love me. Give me love.) [1994, “Älska mig [Love Me]”, in Sanningens morgon [The Morning of Truth], performed by Köttgrottorna:]
Adjectives inflected like duktig
ordfattig,
sjövärdig,
syndig,
synlig,
urmodig,
syrlig,
snövit,
snörik,
snårig,
snäsig,
seriös,
sedlig,
snuvig,
snusig,
snipig,
snorig,
saftig,
sandig,
saklig,
definitiv, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Low German duchtich, from Old Saxon *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg (“strong, proficient”). Parallel borrowing with Danish dygtig, Norwegian dyktig.
Verbs referencing "duktig"
English Adjectives
doughty, Finnish Adjectives
tuhti.
Translations