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#:''Hamborg > Hamborg'''er''' '' | #:''Hamborg > Hamborg'''er''' '' | ||
#:: ''Hamburg > Hamburg'''er''' '' | #:: ''Hamburg > Hamburg'''er''' '' | ||
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===Etymology 3=== | ===Etymology 3=== | ||
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* Much like in English and the Scandinavian languages, only monosyllabic adjectives and adjectives ending in ''-lijk'' or ''ig'' form their comparative with ''-er''. Other adjectives, as well as past participles, form their comparative with ''meer'' (e.g., ''bekand'' > ''meer bekand'', ''famous'' > ''more famous''). | * Much like in English and the Scandinavian languages, only monosyllabic adjectives and adjectives ending in ''-lijk'' or ''-ig'' form their comparative with ''-er''. Other adjectives, as well as past participles, form their comparative with ''meer'' (e.g., ''bekand'' > ''meer bekand'', ''famous'' > ''more famous''). | ||
* Unlike in English where i-umlaut is residual, all monosyllabic adjectives have their main vowel umlauted in the comparative form (e.g. ''åld'' > ''ælder'', ''jung'' > ''jynger'' etc). | * Unlike in English where i-umlaut is residual, all monosyllabic adjectives have their main vowel umlauted in the comparative form (e.g. ''åld'' > ''ælder'', ''jung'' > ''jynger'' etc). | ||