interessant

See also: intéressant

Catalan

Adjective

interessant m or f (masculine and feminine plural interessants)

1. interesting

Verb

interessant

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Danish

Etymology

From French intéressant (“interesting”), the present participle of intéresser (“interest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entrəsant/, [entˢʁ̥əˈsɑnˀd̥]

Adjective

interessant

1. interesting
2. of interest

Inflection

Inflection of interessant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	interessant	interessantere	interessantest2
Indefinite neuter singular	interessant	interessantere	interessantest2
Plural	interessante	interessantere	interessantest2
Definite attributive1	interessante	interessantere	interessanteste
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.

Adverb

interessant

1. interestingly

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French intéressant, present participle of intéresser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.rɛˈsɑnt/, (Northern Dutch, colloquial) /ˌɪn.trɛˈsɑnt/

• interessant

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• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

interessant (comparative interessanter, superlative interessantst)

1. interesting, arousing or holding the attention of; fascinating [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: boeiend, belangwekkend

2. notable, important
3. profitable, benefic

Inflection

Declension of interessant
uninflected	interessant
inflected	interessante
comparative	interessanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		interessant	interessanter	het interessantst het interessantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	interessante	interessantere	interessantste
	n. sing.	interessant	interessanter	interessantste
	plural	interessante	interessantere	interessantste
definite		interessante	interessantere	interessantste
partitive		interessants	interessanters	—

Derived terms

• allerinteressantst
• interessantheid
• interessantigheid

Related terms

• interessabel
• interesse
• interesseren
• interest

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French intéressant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.ʁɛˈsant/, /ˌɪn.tʁəˈsant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

interessant (comparative interessanter, superlative am interessantesten)

1. interesting

Related terms

• Interesse
• interessieren

Further reading

• “interessant” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

interessant (masculine interessanten, neuter interessant, comparative méi interessant, superlative am interessantsten)

1. interesting

Declension

declension of interessant

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass interessant	si ass interessant	et ass interessant	si si(nn) interessant
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	interessanten	interessant	interessant	interessant
	independent without determiner			interessantes	interessanter
dative	after any declined word	interessanten	interessanter	interessanten	interessanten
	as first declined word	interessantem		interessantem

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French intéressant.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

interessant (neuter singular interessant, definite singular and plural interessante)

1. interesting
2. (as an adverb) interestingly

Antonyms

• uinteressant

References

• “interessant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French intéressant.

Adjective

interessant (neuter singular interessant, definite singular and plural interessante)

1. interesting

Antonyms

• uinteressant

References

• “interessant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Adjective

interessant m (feminine singular interessanta, masculine plural interessants, feminine plural interessantas)

1. interesting