sublim

Albanian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare English sublime, Italian sublime.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -im

Adjective

sublim (feminine sublime)

1. sublime
   • c. 2019, Jeton Kelmendi, Atdheu im ka një zakon të keq, lines 1–3:

     Në fakt / Atdheu është sublime / dhe nuk ka hije me i fol rëndë,

     In fact the homeland is sublime and there is no need to speak harshly

2. subliminal

Derived terms

• sublimoj

References

• “sublim”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019
• Morozova, Maria; Rusakov, Alexander; Arkhangelskiy, Timofey, “Albanian National Corpus”, in albanian.web-corpora.net‎^[1]

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sublīmis (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈβlim]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [suˈblim]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

sublim m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublims)

1. sublime

Related terms

• sublimitat

Further reading

• “sublim”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Danish

Etymology

From Latin sublīmis (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subliːm/, [suˈb̥liːˀm]

Adjective

sublim

1. sublime

Inflection

Inflection of sublim

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sublim	sublimere	sublimest2
indefinite neuter singular	sublimt	sublimere	sublimest2
plural	sublime	sublimere	sublimest2
definite attributive1	sublime	sublimere	sublimeste

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.

Synonyms

• ophøjet
• storslået

References

• “sublim” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

From Latin sublīmis (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʊpˈliːm]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sub‧lim

Adjective

sublim (strong nominative masculine singular sublimer, comparative sublimer, superlative am sublimsten)

1. sublime

Declension

Positive forms of sublim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist sublim	sie ist sublim	es ist sublim	sie sind sublim
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sublimer	sublime	sublimes	sublime
	genitive	sublimen	sublimer	sublimen	sublimer
	dative	sublimem	sublimer	sublimem	sublimen
	accusative	sublimen	sublime	sublimes	sublime
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sublime	die sublime	das sublime	die sublimen
	genitive	des sublimen	der sublimen	des sublimen	der sublimen
	dative	dem sublimen	der sublimen	dem sublimen	den sublimen
	accusative	den sublimen	die sublime	das sublime	die sublimen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sublimer	eine sublime	ein sublimes	(keine) sublimen
	genitive	eines sublimen	einer sublimen	eines sublimen	(keiner) sublimen
	dative	einem sublimen	einer sublimen	einem sublimen	(keinen) sublimen
	accusative	einen sublimen	eine sublime	ein sublimes	(keine) sublimen

Comparative forms of sublim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist sublimer	sie ist sublimer	es ist sublimer	sie sind sublimer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sublimerer	sublimere	sublimeres	sublimere
	genitive	sublimeren	sublimerer	sublimeren	sublimerer
	dative	sublimerem	sublimerer	sublimerem	sublimeren
	accusative	sublimeren	sublimere	sublimeres	sublimere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sublimere	die sublimere	das sublimere	die sublimeren
	genitive	des sublimeren	der sublimeren	des sublimeren	der sublimeren
	dative	dem sublimeren	der sublimeren	dem sublimeren	den sublimeren
	accusative	den sublimeren	die sublimere	das sublimere	die sublimeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sublimerer	eine sublimere	ein sublimeres	(keine) sublimeren
	genitive	eines sublimeren	einer sublimeren	eines sublimeren	(keiner) sublimeren
	dative	einem sublimeren	einer sublimeren	einem sublimeren	(keinen) sublimeren
	accusative	einen sublimeren	eine sublimere	ein sublimeres	(keine) sublimeren

Superlative forms of sublim

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am sublimsten	sie ist am sublimsten	es ist am sublimsten	sie sind am sublimsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sublimster	sublimste	sublimstes	sublimste
	genitive	sublimsten	sublimster	sublimsten	sublimster
	dative	sublimstem	sublimster	sublimstem	sublimsten
	accusative	sublimsten	sublimste	sublimstes	sublimste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sublimste	die sublimste	das sublimste	die sublimsten
	genitive	des sublimsten	der sublimsten	des sublimsten	der sublimsten
	dative	dem sublimsten	der sublimsten	dem sublimsten	den sublimsten
	accusative	den sublimsten	die sublimste	das sublimste	die sublimsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sublimster	eine sublimste	ein sublimstes	(keine) sublimsten
	genitive	eines sublimsten	einer sublimsten	eines sublimsten	(keiner) sublimsten
	dative	einem sublimsten	einer sublimsten	einem sublimsten	(keinen) sublimsten
	accusative	einen sublimsten	eine sublimste	ein sublimstes	(keine) sublimsten

Derived terms

• Sublimität

Further reading

• “sublim” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sublime.

Adjective

sublim m or n (feminine singular sublimă, masculine plural sublimi, feminine/neuter plural sublime)

1. sublime

Declension

Declension of sublim

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	sublim		sublimă	sublimi	sublime
	definite	sublimul		sublima	sublimii	sublimele
genitive- dative	indefinite	sublim		sublime	sublimi	sublime
	definite	sublimului		sublimei	sublimilor	sublimelor

Related terms

• sublimitate

Swedish

Adjective

sublim (comparative sublimare, superlative sublimast)

1. sublime

Declension

Inflection of sublim

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sublim	sublimare	sublimast
neuter singular	sublimt	sublimare	sublimast
plural	sublima	sublimare	sublimast
masculine plural2	sublime	sublimare	sublimast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sublime	sublimare	sublimaste
all	sublima	sublimare	sublimaste

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

• sublimitet

See also

• upphöjd
• upphöjdhet

References

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