ridderlig

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish ridderelik, from Middle Low German ridderlik. Equivalent to ridder +‎ -lig.

Adjective

ridderlig (neuter ridderligt, plural and definite singular attributive ridderlige)

Declension

Inflection of *ridderlig*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	ridderlig	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	ridderligt	—	—²
plural	ridderlige	—	—²
definite attributive¹	ridderlige	—	—

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.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish riddarliker, ridderligh, from Middle Low German ridderlik, from rider (“knight”, literally “rider”) + -līk (from Old Saxon -līk, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk). Analyzable as ryttare + -lig.

Cognate of Dutch ridderlijk, German ritterlich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²rɪd.er.lɪɡ/

Adjective

ridderlig (comparative ridderligare, superlative ridderligast)

chivalrous

Declension

Inflection of **ridderlig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	ridderlig	ridderligare	ridderligast
neuter singular	ridderligt	ridderligare	ridderligast
plural	ridderliga	ridderligare	ridderligast
masculine plural²	ridderlige	ridderligare	ridderligast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	ridderlige	ridderligare	ridderligaste
all	ridderliga	ridderligare	ridderligaste

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.

Synonyms

galant

Derived terms

ridderlighet

Related terms

References

“ridderlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“ridderlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“ridderlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)