faktisk

Danish

Etymology

From faktum (“fact”) +‎ -isk, influenced by German faktisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faktisk/, [ˈfɑɡ̊d̥isɡ̊], in fast speech IPA^(key): /faɡtisk/, [ˈfɑɣd̥isɡ̊] or IPA^(key): [ˈfɑɾisɡ̊].

Adjective

faktisk (neuter faktisk, plural and definite singular attributive faktiske)

1. actual, real
2. (rare) factual
3. (adverbial) actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, really

Inflection

Inflection of faktisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	faktisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	faktisk	—	—2
plural	faktiske	—	—2
definite attributive1	faktiske	—	—

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.

Synonyms

• (actual): reel, virkelig
• (factual): faktuel
• (actually): i virkeligheden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German faktisch and the Bokmål noun faktum.

Adjective

faktisk (neuter singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

1. actual, real

Adverb

faktisk

1. actually

References

• “faktisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German faktisch and the noun faktum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaktisk/

Adjective

faktisk (indefinite singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

1. actual, real

Synonyms

• røynleg, verkeleg

Adverb

faktisk

1. actually

   Det veit eg faktisk ikkje.

   I actually don't know that.

References

• “faktisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German faktisch. Equivalent to faktum +‎ -isk

Adjective

faktisk

1. actual, real

   Det låter för otroligt för att vara sant, men det är faktiska vittnesuppgifter

   It sounds too incredible to be true, but those are actual witness testimonies

   Du kanske tror att jag hittat på det här, men det är faktisk data

   You might think I've made this up, but it's actual data

   De faktiska kostnaderna är mycket högre än man tror

   The actual costs are much higher than people think

Declension

Inflection of faktisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	faktisk	—	—
neuter singular	faktiskt	—	—
plural	faktiska	—	—
masculine plural2	faktiske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	faktiske	—	—
all	faktiska	—	—

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.

Related terms

• faktiskt

Related terms

• kontrafaktisk

References

• “faktisk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “faktisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “faktisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)