tragisk
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via German tragisch and Latin tragicus from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”). Apparently a derivation from τράγος (trágos, “goat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tragisk
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of tragisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | tragisk | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | tragisk | — | —2 |
| Plural | tragiske | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | tragiske | — | — |
| 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. | |||
References
[edit]- “tragisk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German tragisch, from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”).
Adjective
[edit]tragisk (neuter singular tragisk, definite singular and plural tragiske)
References
[edit]- “tragisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German tragisch, from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”).
Adjective
[edit]tragisk (neuter singular tragisk, definite singular and plural tragiske)
References
[edit]- “tragisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]tragisk (not comparable)
- tragic (very sad)
- en tragisk olycka
- a tragic accident
- en tragisk händelse
- a tragic event
- tragic (of a person whose circumstances are very sad)
- en tragisk figur
- a tragic figure
- tragic (relating to tragedy as a classical genre or dramatic acts telling a tragic story more generally)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of tragisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tragisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | tragiskt | — | — |
| Plural | tragiska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | tragiske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tragiske | — | — |
| All | tragiska | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
See also
[edit]- tragedi (“tragedy”)
References
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