Introduction to Nynorsk/Adjectives

Regular adjectives The adjectives with a regular inflection come in five major classes, which will be introduced in the tables below. + a1 masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative turr1 turt turre turrare turrast turraste dry drier driest (the) driest 1:The parallel form tørr is more common in use, while turr is the traditional form. + a2 masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative norsk norske meir norsk mest norsk den/det mest norske Norwegian more Norwegian most Norwegian the most Norwegian + a3 masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative direkte meir direkte mest direkte den/det mest direkte direct more direct most direct the most direct + a4 masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative vaken vake or vakent vakne meir vaken mest vaken den/det mest vakne awake more awake most awake the most awake Note that the -are, -ast, -aste comparative and superlative inflection may also be used for this class. It might vary from adjective to adjective which inflection is the most common one. + a5 masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative frosen frose frosne meir frosen mest frosen den/det mest frosne frozen more frozen most frozen the most frozen What separates a5 from a4, is that a5 is derived from the past participles of verbs. Just as with a4, the -are, -ast, -aste comparative and superlative inflection may also be used for this class. Irregular adjectives Several adjectives have an irregular inflection. Note, however, that parts of their inflection typically are regular. + stor masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative stor stort store større størst største large larger largest (the) largest In this case, the irregularity is the fact that the root vowel changes (o →‎ ø) while the -are, -ast(e) suffixes are not used. + gamal masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative gam(m)al gam(m)alt gamle eldre eldst eldste old older oldest (the) oldest + god masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative god godt gode betre best beste good better best (the) best This adjective was highly irregular (just as with the previous one, the root isn't kept for the last forms), but, the irregularity is almost identical to the English one! + liten masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative liten lita lite litle or vesle små or småe mindre minst minste little smaller smallest (the) smallest This adjective also has some similarity with its English counterpart, but it is, nonetheless, inflected in quite a different manner. + mykje masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative mykje meir mest det/den mest much more most the most + ung masculine feminine neuter definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative ung ungt unge yngre yngst yngste young younger youngest (the) youngest + få definite singular plural comparative indef. superlative def. superlative få or fåe få or fåe færre færrast færraste few fewer fewest (the) fewest + verre comparative indef. superlative def. superlative verre verst verste worse worst (the) worst This adjective can be employed as degree forms of vond and dårleg (both meaning, among other things, "bad"), although both those adjectives have such forms of their own. + øvre comparative indef. superlative def. superlative øvre øvst øvste upper upmost (the) upmost Note the regularity of the defininte superlative being equal to indefinite superlative + e, just as with e.g. a1 (for all adjectives not employing det/den).