intim

See also: íntim

Danish

Etymology

From Latin intimus.

Adjective

intim

1. intimate

Inflection

Inflection of intim

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	intim	intimere	intimest2
indefinite neuter singular	intimt	intimere	intimest2
plural	intime	intimere	intimest2
definite attributive1	intime	intimere	intimeste

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.

Related terms

• intimitet

References

• “intim” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

From Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

intim (strong nominative masculine singular intimer, comparative intimer, superlative am intimsten)

1. intimate

Declension

Positive forms of intim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist intim	sie ist intim	es ist intim	sie sind intim
strong declension (without article)	nominative	intimer	intime	intimes	intime
	genitive	intimen	intimer	intimen	intimer
	dative	intimem	intimer	intimem	intimen
	accusative	intimen	intime	intimes	intime
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der intime	die intime	das intime	die intimen
	genitive	des intimen	der intimen	des intimen	der intimen
	dative	dem intimen	der intimen	dem intimen	den intimen
	accusative	den intimen	die intime	das intime	die intimen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein intimer	eine intime	ein intimes	(keine) intimen
	genitive	eines intimen	einer intimen	eines intimen	(keiner) intimen
	dative	einem intimen	einer intimen	einem intimen	(keinen) intimen
	accusative	einen intimen	eine intime	ein intimes	(keine) intimen

Comparative forms of intim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist intimer	sie ist intimer	es ist intimer	sie sind intimer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	intimerer	intimere	intimeres	intimere
	genitive	intimeren	intimerer	intimeren	intimerer
	dative	intimerem	intimerer	intimerem	intimeren
	accusative	intimeren	intimere	intimeres	intimere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der intimere	die intimere	das intimere	die intimeren
	genitive	des intimeren	der intimeren	des intimeren	der intimeren
	dative	dem intimeren	der intimeren	dem intimeren	den intimeren
	accusative	den intimeren	die intimere	das intimere	die intimeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein intimerer	eine intimere	ein intimeres	(keine) intimeren
	genitive	eines intimeren	einer intimeren	eines intimeren	(keiner) intimeren
	dative	einem intimeren	einer intimeren	einem intimeren	(keinen) intimeren
	accusative	einen intimeren	eine intimere	ein intimeres	(keine) intimeren

Superlative forms of intim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am intimsten	sie ist am intimsten	es ist am intimsten	sie sind am intimsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	intimster	intimste	intimstes	intimste
	genitive	intimsten	intimster	intimsten	intimster
	dative	intimstem	intimster	intimstem	intimsten
	accusative	intimsten	intimste	intimstes	intimste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der intimste	die intimste	das intimste	die intimsten
	genitive	des intimsten	der intimsten	des intimsten	der intimsten
	dative	dem intimsten	der intimsten	dem intimsten	den intimsten
	accusative	den intimsten	die intimste	das intimste	die intimsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein intimster	eine intimste	ein intimstes	(keine) intimsten
	genitive	eines intimsten	einer intimsten	eines intimsten	(keiner) intimsten
	dative	einem intimsten	einer intimsten	einem intimsten	(keinen) intimsten
	accusative	einen intimsten	eine intimste	ein intimstes	(keine) intimsten

Further reading

• “intim” in Duden online
• “intim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hungarian

Etymology

From German intim, from French intime, from Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈintim]
• Hyphenation: in‧tim
• Rhymes: -im

Adjective

intim (comparative intimebb, superlative legintimebb)

1. intimate (familiar, closely acquainted)
2. intimate, private (relating to sexuality, private body parts and their functions)

   intim együttlét ― intimate time

   intimbetét ― sanitary napkin

   intimhigiénia ― intimate hygiene

3. intimate, confidential, internal, personal, private

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	intim	intimek
accusative	intimet	intimeket
dative	intimnek	intimeknek
instrumental	intimmel	intimekkel
causal-final	intimért	intimekért
translative	intimmé	intimekké
terminative	intimig	intimekig
essive-formal	intimként	intimekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	intimben	intimekben
superessive	intimen	intimeken
adessive	intimnél	intimeknél
illative	intimbe	intimekbe
sublative	intimre	intimekre
allative	intimhez	intimekhez
elative	intimből	intimekből
delative	intimről	intimekről
ablative	intimtől	intimektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	intimé	intimeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	intiméi	intimekéi

Further reading

• intim in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch intiem, from French intime, from Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈintim/ [ˈin̪.t̪ɪm]
• Rhymes: -intim
• Syllabification: in‧tim

Adjective

intim (comparative lebih intim, superlative paling intim)

1. close, intimate

   Synonyms: akrab, karib, rapat

Derived terms

• berintim
• berintim-intim
• keintiman
• mengintimi
• mengintimkan

Further reading

• “intim”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tiːm/, [ɪn.ˈtiːm]

• Audio:

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Adjective

intim (neuter singular intimt, definite singular and plural intime)

1. intimate

References

• “intim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tiːm/, [ɪn.ˈtiːm]

Adjective

intim (neuter singular intimt, definite singular and plural intime)

1. intimate

References

• “intim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.tim/

• Audio:

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Adjective

intim m or n (feminine singular intimă, masculine plural intimi, feminine/neuter plural intime)

1. intimate

Declension

Declension of intim

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intim		intimă	intimi	intime
	definite	intimul		intima	intimii	intimele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intim		intime	intimi	intime
	definite	intimului		intimei	intimilor	intimelor

Related terms

• intimitate

Further reading

• “intim”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Adjective

intim (comparative intimare, superlative intimast)

1. intimate (personal, private, especially of sexual matters)

   Artikeln avslöjar intima detaljer

   The article reveals intimate details

2. intimate (related to the genital areas and the like)

   intimhygien

   intimate hygiene

3. intimate (close)

   ett intimt samarbete

   an intimate collaboration

   en intim atmosfär

   an intimate atmosphere

Declension

Inflection of intim

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	intim	—	—
neuter singular	intimt	—	—
plural	intima	—	—
masculine plural2	intime	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	intime	—	—
all	intima	—	—

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

• intimitet

References

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