ydmyg

Danish

From Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg, from Old Norse auðmjúkr (“willing, humble”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk, Swedish ödmjuk. A compound of auð- (“easy”) +‎ mjúkr (“soft”). The first part is an old Germanic adjective *auþuz (“easy”), cognate with English eath.

ydmyg (neuter ydmygt, plural and definite singular attributive ydmyge)

Inflection of ydmyg
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	ydmyg	ydmygere	ydmygest²
Indefinite neuter singular	ydmygt	ydmygere	ydmygest²
Plural	ydmyge	ydmygere	ydmygest²
Definite attributive¹	ydmyge	ydmygere	ydmygeste
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.