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ETYMOLOGY.
Adjectives ending in an unaccented -ig (-lig) -som add in superlative only -st:
| fattig–poor | fattigere | fattigst. |
| nöisom–easily contented | nöisommere | nöisomst. |
Adjectives ending in a single consonant with preceding short vowel double their final consonant before the comparative and superlative terminations:
| smuk–nice | smukkere | smukkest. |
Adjectives ending in an unstressed -el, -en, (see § 187, 1) -er drop the -e before the comp. and superl. endings:
| ædel–noble | ædlere | ædlest. |
| fager–fair | fagrere | fagrest. |
| fuldkommen–perfect | fuldkomnere | fuldkomnest. |
184. The following adjectives form their comparative and superlative by adding -re (-ere) and -st and at the same time modifying the radical vowel by mutation:
| ung–young. | yngre | yngst. |
| stor–great | större | störst. |
| tung–heavy | tyngre | tyngst |
| or | tungere | tungest. |
| lang–long | længere | længst. |
and irregularly:
| faa–few | færre | færrest. |
185. The following adjectives form their comparatives and superlatives of a different stem from the positive:
| gammel–old | ældre | ældest. |
| god–good | bedre | bedst. |
| lille (liden)–little | mindre | mindst. |
| mange–many | flere | flest. |
| meget | mere | mest. |
| ond–bad | værre | værst. |
