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mystisk

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Danish

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Etymology

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Via Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós).

Adjective

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mystisk (plural and definite singular attributive mystiske)

  1. mystical
  2. mysterious
    Synonyms: gådefuld, (uncommon) mysteriøs, (humorous) mystifistisk
  3. (religion) pertaining to mysticism
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, secret, mystical), via Latin mysticus.

Adjective

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mystisk (neuter singular mystisk, definite singular and plural mystiske)

  1. mystical
  2. mysterious
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, secret, mystical), via Latin mysticus.

Adjective

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mystisk (neuter singular mystisk, definite singular and plural mystiske)

  1. mystical
  2. mysterious
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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, secret, mystical), via Latin mysticus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmʏstɪsk/
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Adjective

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mystisk (comparative mer mystisk, superlative mest mystisk)

  1. mysterious, arcane
  2. strange
    Synonym: (colloquial) mysko

Declension

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Inflection of mystisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mystisk mer mystisk mest mystisk
neuter singular mystiskt mer mystiskt mest mystiskt
plural mystiska mer mystiska mest mystiska
masculine plural2 mystiske mer mystiska mest mystiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mystiske mer mystiske mest mystiske
all mystiska mer mystiska mest mystiska

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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Further reading

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  • mystisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • mystisk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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