vetgirig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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veta (know) +‎ girig (greedy)

Adjective

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vetgirig (comparative vetgirigare, superlative vetgirigast)

  1. eager to learn, inquisitive, curious
    vetgiriga barn
    curious children

Declension

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Inflection of vetgirig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vetgirig vetgirigare vetgirigast
Neuter singular vetgirigt vetgirigare vetgirigast
Plural vetgiriga vetgirigare vetgirigast
Masculine plural3 vetgirige vetgirigare vetgirigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vetgirige vetgirigare vetgirigaste
All vetgiriga vetgirigare vetgirigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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