desolat
See also: désolât
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [də.zuˈlat]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.zoˈlat]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.zoˈlat]
- Rhymes: -at
Adjective
desolat (feminine desolada, masculine plural desolats, feminine plural desolades)
Derived terms
- desoladament
Further reading
- “desolat”, 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
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ˌ)dezoˈlaːt/, [ˌdeː-], [ˌdɛ-], [de-], [də-]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːt
Adjective
desolat (strong nominative masculine singular desolater, comparative desolater, superlative am desolatesten)
- bleak; miserable; wretched (very bad and unlikely to improve)
- desolate Aussichten
- bleak prospects
- der desolate Zustand des Schulwesens
- the miserable state of the school system
Declension
Positive forms of desolat
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist desolat | sie ist desolat | es ist desolat | sie sind desolat | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | desolater | desolate | desolates | desolate |
| genitive | desolaten | desolater | desolaten | desolater | |
| dative | desolatem | desolater | desolatem | desolaten | |
| accusative | desolaten | desolate | desolates | desolate | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der desolate | die desolate | das desolate | die desolaten |
| genitive | des desolaten | der desolaten | des desolaten | der desolaten | |
| dative | dem desolaten | der desolaten | dem desolaten | den desolaten | |
| accusative | den desolaten | die desolate | das desolate | die desolaten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein desolater | eine desolate | ein desolates | (keine) desolaten |
| genitive | eines desolaten | einer desolaten | eines desolaten | (keiner) desolaten | |
| dative | einem desolaten | einer desolaten | einem desolaten | (keinen) desolaten | |
| accusative | einen desolaten | eine desolate | ein desolates | (keine) desolaten | |
Comparative forms of desolat
Superlative forms of desolat
Further reading
- “desolat” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
dēsōlat
- third-person singular present active indicative of dēsōlō