historisk

Danish

Etymology

Via German historisch, from Latin historicus.

Adjective

historisk (plural and definite singular attributive historiske)

1. historic
2. historical

Inflection

Inflection of historisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	historisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	historisk	—	—2
plural	historiske	—	—2
definite attributive1	historiske	—	—

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

• “historisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin historicus, via German historisch.

Adjective

historisk (neuter singular historisk, definite singular and plural historiske)

1. historic
2. historical

Derived terms

• forhistorisk, førhistorisk

Adverb

historisk

1. historically

References

• “historisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin historicus, via German historisch.

Adjective

historisk (neuter singular historisk, definite singular and plural historiske)

1. historic
2. historical

Derived terms

• forhistorisk, førhistorisk

Adverb

historisk

1. historically

References

• “historisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin historicus, equivalent to historia +‎ -isk.

Adjective

historisk

1. historic
   • 2023 May 14, TT, “Efter Loreens seger – SVT förbereder för nästa år”, in Aftonbladet‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2025:

     – Det här är en historisk seger.

     "This is a historic victory."

2. historical

   Den historiske Jesus var en judisk rabbin.

   The historical Jesus was a Jewish rabbi.

   • 1928, Nathan Söderblom, Kristi pinas historia‎^[2], Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses bokförlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 3 August 2025, page 447:

     Vad mena[r] vi med ett historiskt faktum?

     What do we mean by a historical fact?

Declension

Inflection of historisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	historisk	mer historisk	mest historisk
neuter singular	historiskt	mer historiskt	mest historiskt
plural	historiska	mer historiska	mest historiska
masculine plural2	historiske	mer historiska	mest historiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	historiske	mer historiske	mest historiske
all	historiska	mer historiska	mest historiska

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.

Derived terms

• filmhistorisk
• förhistorisk
• idéhistorisk
• industrihistorisk
• konsthistorisk
• krigshistorisk
• kulturhistorisk
• kvinnohistorisk
• kyrkohistorisk
• litteraturhistorisk
• ljudhistorisk
• lärdomshistorisk
• mentalitetshistorisk
• militärhistorisk
• modernhistorisk
• musikhistorisk
• naturhistorisk
• ohistorisk
• personhistorisk
• prehistorisk
• religionshistorisk
• rättshistorisk
• samtidshistorisk
• språkhistorisk
• stilhistorisk
• teaterhistorisk
• tidshistorisk
• utvecklingshistorisk
• vetenskapshistorisk
• världshistorisk

Related terms

• historicitet

References

• “historisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• historiks