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kompetent

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin competēns.

Adjective

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kompetent (neuter kompetent, plural and definite singular attributive kompetente)

  1. competent

Inflection

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Inflection of kompetent
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular kompetent mere kompetent mest kompetent2
indefinite neuter singular kompetent mere kompetent mest kompetent2
plural kompetente mere kompetent mest kompetent2
definite attributive1 kompetente mere kompetent mest kompetente

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.

Antonyms

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References

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German

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Etymology

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From Latin competēns.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

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kompetent (strong nominative masculine singular kompetenter, comparative kompetenter, superlative am kompetentesten)

  1. competent
    Antonym: inkompetent

Declension

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French compétent.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kompetent (masculine kompetenten, neuter kompetent, comparative méi kompetent, superlative am kompetentsten)

  1. competent, capable

Declension

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Declension of kompetent
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass kompetent si ass kompetent et ass kompetent si si(nn) kompetent
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner kompetenten kompetent kompetent kompetent
independent without determiner kompetentes kompetenter
dative after any declined word kompetenten kompetenter kompetenten kompetenten
as first declined word kompetentem kompetentem

Synonyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French compétent, from Latin competēns.

Adjective

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kompetent (neuter singular kompetent, definite singular and plural kompetente)

  1. competent

Antonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French compétent, from Latin competēns.

Adjective

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kompetent (neuter singular kompetent, definite singular and plural kompetente)

  1. competent

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kompetent (not comparable)

  1. competent
  2. (law) competent

Declension

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Inflection of kompetent
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kompetent kompetentare kompetentast
neuter singular kompetent kompetentare kompetentast
plural kompetenta kompetentare kompetentast
masculine plural2 kompetente kompetentare kompetentast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kompetente kompetentare kompetentaste
all kompetenta kompetentare kompetentaste

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.

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