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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dejlig.

delightful

6 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdajli/[ˈd̥ɑjli][ˈtɑ̈jli]

  1. delightful

  2. lovely

  3. beautiful

  4. delicious

  5. fine, nice

    ironic

  6. delightfully, beautifully

    adverbial
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German degelik (“prosperous, vigorous”), (from Old Saxon *dēg, from Proto-West Germanic *daig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz), + the suffix *-līkaz. Cognate with older Swedish dejlig, Norwegian Bokmål deilig and Dutch degelijk (“sound, solid”).

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