spartansk

Danish

Etymology

Latin Spartānus with -sk from German spartanisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sb̥ɑˈtˢæˀnsɡ̊]

Adjective

spartansk (plural and definite singular attributive spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)

   Synonym: nøjsom

2. Spartan (relating to the Ancient Greek city of Sparta)

Inflection

Inflection of spartansk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	spartansk	mere spartansk	mest spartansk2
indefinite neuter singular	spartansk	mere spartansk	mest spartansk2
plural	spartanske	mere spartansk	mest spartansk2
definite attributive1	spartanske	mere spartansk	mest spartanske

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

• “spartansk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

• “spartansk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

• “spartansk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

spartansk (comparative mer spartansk, superlative mest spartansk)

1. Spartan (relating to Sparta or its citizens)
2. spartan (ascetic)

   en spartansk måltid

   a spartan meal

Declension

Inflection of spartansk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	spartansk	mer spartansk	mest spartansk
neuter singular	spartanskt	mer spartanskt	mest spartanskt
plural	spartanska	mer spartanska	mest spartanska
masculine plural2	spartanske	mer spartanska	mest spartanska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	spartanske	mer spartanske	mest spartanske
all	spartanska	mer spartanska	mest spartanska

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

• Sparta

References

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