semantisk

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós).

Adjective

semantisk (neuter semantisk, plural and definite singular attributive semantiske)

1. semantic

Inflection

Inflection of semantisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	semantisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	semantisk	—	—2
plural	semantiske	—	—2
definite attributive1	semantiske	—	—

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

• semantik

References

• “semantisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Cognate of German semantisch, French sémantique. First attested in 1935.

Adjective

semantisk (comparative mer semantisk, superlative mest semantisk)

1. semantic

Declension

Inflection of semantisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	semantisk	mer semantisk	mest semantisk
neuter singular	semantiskt	mer semantiskt	mest semantiskt
plural	semantiska	mer semantiska	mest semantiska
masculine plural2	semantiske	mer semantiska	mest semantiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	semantiske	mer semantiske	mest semantiske
all	semantiska	mer semantiska	mest semantiska

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

• semantik

Further reading

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