afrikansk

Danish

Etymology

From afrikan +‎ -sk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afrikaːnsk/, [ɑfʁiˈkʰæːˀnsɡ̊]

Adjective

afrikansk (plural and definite singular attributive afrikanske)

  1. African (of, or pertaining to Africa), abbreviated afr.

Inflection

Inflection of afrikansk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular afrikansk 2
indefinite neuter singular afrikansk 2
plural afrikanske 2
definite attributive1 afrikanske

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.

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Afrika + n +‎ -sk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑfriˈkɑːnsk/

Adjective

afrikansk (neuter singular afrikansk, definite singular and plural afrikanske, comparative mer afrikansk, superlative mest afrikansk)

  1. African (of, or pertaining to Africa)
    Han er ekspert på afrikansk historie.
    He's an expert on African history.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Afrika and the suffix -sk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑfriˈkɑːnsk/

Adjective

afrikansk(masculine afrikansk, feminine afrikansk, neuter afrikansk, definite singular and plural afrikanske, comparative meir afrikansk, superlative mest afrikansk)

  1. African (of, or pertaining to Africa)
    Han er ekspert på afrikansk historie.
    He's an expert on African history.

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From afrikan +‎ -sk.

Adjective

afrikansk (comparative mer afrikansk, superlative mest afrikansk)

  1. African

Declension

Inflection of afrikansk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular afrikansk mer afrikansk mest afrikansk
neuter singular afrikanskt mer afrikanskt mest afrikanskt
plural afrikanska mer afrikanska mest afrikanska
masculine plural2 afrikanske mer afrikanska mest afrikanska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 afrikanske mer afrikanske mest afrikanske
all afrikanska mer afrikanska mest afrikanska

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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