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-årig
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árig
Danish
Suffix
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aged a specified number of years
den treårige dreng – the three-year-old boy
of a duration of the specified number of years
en syvårig periode – a seven-year period
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From nn år year and nn -ig. Similar to Danish and Swedish (if not borrowed from one of them).
Suffix
nn suffix plural -årige
aged the specified number of years, year-old
lasting the specified number of years, -year
nn Eittårig plante Annual plant
nn adjective-forming suffixes
Swedish
Etymology
sv år year ig -y
Suffix
sv suffix
aged the specified number of years, year-old
sv en sjuttioårig man är en sjuttiosv -åring åring a seventy-year-old man is a seventy-year-old
lasting the specified number of years, year
sv ett femårigt krig a five-year war
Declension
Derived terms
sv
See also
sv -åring
sv -årsåldern
References
so
saob år