langsom

Danish

"Langsom kørsel", Danish for "slow driving" or "drive slowly"

Etymology

From Middle Low German lanksam, lanksum, from Proto-Germanic *langasamaz (“lengthy, long-lasting”). Cognate with English longsome, Dutch langzaam, German langsam, Swedish långsam.

Adjective

langsom

slow

Inflection

Inflection of langsom
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	langsom	langsommere	langsomst²
Neuter singular	langsomt	langsommere	langsomst²
Plural	langsomme	langsommere	langsomst²
Definite attributive¹	langsomme	langsommere	langsomste
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.

Antonyms

hurtig

References

“langsom” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

langsom (neuter singular langsomt, definite singular and plural langsomme, comparative langsommere, indefinite plural langsomst, definite plural langsomste)

slow

References

“langsom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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