desperat

Danish

Etymology

From Latin desperatus

Adjective

desperat

1. desperate

Inflection

Inflection of desperat
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	desperat	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	desperat	—	—2
Plural	desperate	—	—2
Definite attributive1	desperate	—	—
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.

Derived terms

• desperation

See also

• desperado
• fortvivlelse
• frustreret

References

• “desperat” in Den Danske Ordbog

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German

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛspəˈʀaːt]
• Hyphenation: des‧pe‧rat

Adjective

desperat (comparative desperater, superlative am desperatesten)

1. desperate

Further reading

• “desperat” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēspērat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēspērō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin desperatus

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

1. desperately

References

• “desperat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin desperatus

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

1. desperately

References

• “desperat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.