Tydelige

Tydelige is the Danish plural form of the adjective tydelig, meaning clear, obvious, or legible. The word is used to describe things that are easy to understand, see, or interpret, such as signs, instructions, language, or visual presentations. It can refer to both perceptible clarity and logical or rhetorical clarity, depending on context.

In usage, tydelige modifies nouns in the plural and agrees in number with the noun it describes. For example, tydelige tegn means clear signs, tydelige instruktioner means clear instructions. In the definite form, you would typically use the corresponding definite construction, such as de tydelige tegn. The comparative and superlative forms are tydeligere and tydeligst, respectively, used to compare levels of clarity.

Etymology traces tydelig to the Danish verb tyde, meaning to indicate or reveal, with tydelig evolving to describe something that reveals itself clearly. Related forms appear in other Scandinavian languages, such as tydelig in Norwegian and tydelig in Swedish, reflecting a common Germanic heritage. A related noun is tydelighed or tydelighed, referring to clarity or legibility.

Tydelige is frequently used in contexts involving communication, design, typography, signage, and linguistics, where precision and legibility are important. It also appears in discussions of rhetoric or education when evaluating how easily a message can be understood. In everyday Danish, the term conveys that something is straightforward and conspicuously easy to grasp.