emfatisk

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “forceful”). By surface analysis, emfase +‎ -isk.

Adjective

emfatisk

emphatic (characterized by emphasis)

Inflection

Inflection of *emfatisk*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	emfatisk	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	emfatisk	—	—²
plural	emfatiske	—	—²
definite attributive¹	emfatiske	—	—

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

“emfatisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “forceful”). By surface analysis, emfase +‎ -isk.

Adjective

emfatisk (indefinite singular emfatisk, definite singular and plural emfatiske)

emphatic (characterized by emphasis)

References

“emfatisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“emfatisk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “forceful”). By surface analysis, emfase +‎ -isk.

Adjective

emfatisk (indefinite singular emfatisk, definite singular and plural emfatiske)

emphatic (characterized by emphasis)

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “forceful”). By surface analysis, emfas +‎ -isk.

Adjective

emfatisk

emphatic (characterized by emphasis)

Declension

Inflection of **emfatisk**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	emfatisk	—	—
neuter singular	emfatiskt	—	—
plural	emfatiska	—	—
masculine plural²	emfatiske	—	—

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	emfatiske	—	—
all	emfatiska	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

“emfatisk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“emfatisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)