ordentlig

Danish

Etymology

German ordentlich, compare orden and -lig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔr(də)nli/, [ˈɒːˀ(d̥ə)nli]

Adjective

ordentlig

1. correct, orderly, regular, well-ordered
2. neat, tidy
3. methodical, orderly, tidy
4. accurate, careful
5. decent, nice
6. proper
7. (adverbial) accurately, awfully, carefully, correctly, decently, methodically, neatly, properly, regularly, steadily, thoroughly, tidily, well

Inflection

Inflection of ordentlig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	ordentlig	ordentligere	ordentligst2
indefinite neuter singular	ordentligt	ordentligere	ordentligst2
plural	ordentlige	ordentligere	ordentligst2
definite attributive1	ordentlige	ordentligere	ordentligste

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.

Synonyms

• (decent): pæn, respektabel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German ordentlich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈor.dɛnt.lɪ/, [ˈɔ.ɖənt.lɪ], [ˈɔ.ɖɳ̩ʈ.ɭɪ], [ˈɔɳʈ.ɭɪ], (colloquial) [ˈɔŋk.lɪ]

Adjective

ordentlig (neuter singular ordentlig, definite singular and plural ordentlige)

1. orderly, neat, tidy
2. correct, proper, respectable, decent
3. proper, real, regular
4. (as an adverb) properly

See also

• ordentleg (Nynorsk)

References

• “ordentlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  
• “ordentlig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Etymology

From German ordentlich, from Middle High German ordenlich (cognate with Old High German ordenlīcho), from orden, from Latin ordō, from Proto-Italic *ordō (“row, order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊˈɖɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ʊˈɖɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
• Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -ent becomes -enk, with egentligen and äntligen.

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Adjective

ordentlig

1. orderly, thorough, real, just

Declension

Inflection of ordentlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ordentlig	ordentligare	ordentligast
neuter singular	ordentligt	ordentligare	ordentligast
plural	ordentliga	ordentligare	ordentligast
masculine plural2	ordentlige	ordentligare	ordentligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ordentlige	ordentligare	ordentligaste
all	ordentliga	ordentligare	ordentligaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• utomordentlig

References

• ordentlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)