spirituell

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis.

Adjective[edit]

spirituell (neuter singular spirituelt, definite singular and plural spirituelle)

  1. spiritual
  2. bright, clever, witty

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis.

Adjective[edit]

spirituell (neuter singular spirituelt, definite singular and plural spirituelle)

  1. spiritual
  2. bright, clever, witty

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

spirituell

  1. witty, ingenious, sharp, bright, quickwitted, funny (in good spirits)
  2. spiritual (having (and placing great importance in) or concerned with religious or supernatural beliefs)

Usage notes[edit]

Religiously spiritual has traditionally been andlig. Only more recently has English usage given rise to (sense 2).

Declension[edit]

Inflection of spirituell
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spirituell mer spirituell mest spirituell
Neuter singular spirituellt mer spirituellt mest spirituellt
Plural spirituella mer spirituella mest spirituella
Masculine plural3 spirituelle mer spirituella mest spirituella
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spirituelle mer spirituelle mest spirituelle
All spirituella mer spirituella mest spirituella
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

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