sagtmodig

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (“quiet”) and mod (“mood, affect”). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (“arrogant”), tålmodig (“patient”), ædelmodig (“magnanimous”), godmodig (“kind, friendly”), vemodig (“melancholic”), overmodig (“overconfident”), frimodig (“candid, frank”), mismodig (“despondent”), heltemodig (“heroic”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɑɡdˈmoˀði/

Adjective

sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)

melancholic

Declension

Inflection of *sagtmodig*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sagtmodig	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	sagtmodigt	—	—²
plural	sagtmodige	—	—²
definite attributive¹	sagtmodige	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

sagtmodighed