kryptisk
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Danish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kryptisk
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of kryptisk | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | kryptisk | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | kryptisk | — | —2 |
Plural | kryptiske | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | kryptiske | — | — |
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
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kryptisk (neuter singular kryptisk, definite singular and plural kryptiske)
References
[edit]- “kryptisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kryptisk (neuter singular kryptisk, definite singular and plural kryptiske)
References
[edit]- “kryptisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English cryptic. First attested in 1960. Doublet of krypta, krypto, grift, grotta, and grotesk.
Adjective
[edit]kryptisk (comparative mer kryptisk, superlative mest kryptisk)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kryptisk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kryptisk | mer kryptisk | mest kryptisk |
Neuter singular | kryptiskt | mer kryptiskt | mest kryptiskt |
Plural | kryptiska | mer kryptiska | mest kryptiska |
Masculine plural3 | kryptiske | mer kryptiska | mest kryptiska |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | kryptiske | mer kryptiske | mest kryptiske |
All | kryptiska | mer kryptiska | mest kryptiska |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |