distinkt

Danish

Etymology

From Latin distinctus, perfect participle of distinguere, see distingvere.

Adjective

distinkt (plural and definite singular attributive distinkte)

  1. distinct, not equal
    Synonym: udflydende
    • 2013, Hans Anton Salomonsen, Matematiske mysterier: Historien, forklaringerne og losningerne, ISD LLC, →ISBN, page 135:
      Som en konsekvens kan vi konkludere, at distinkte løsningskurver aldrig krydser hinanden.
      As a consequence, we may conclude that distinct solution curves never intersect.
  2. distinctive
    • 2020, Kirsten Nielsen Aakjær, Arkivarens datter, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Hun vender de grå øjne bag de lynende briller mod os og siger med sin distinkte stemme: ...
      She turns her grey eyes behind the brilliant glasses towards us and says in her distinctive voice: ...

Inflection

Inflection of distinkt
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular distinkt 2
indefinite neuter singular distinkt 2
plural distinkte 2
definite attributive1 distinkte

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.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɪŋkt/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

distinkt (strong nominative masculine singular distinkter, comparative distinkter, superlative am distinktesten)

  1. distinct

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin distinctus.

Adjective

distinkt (neuter singular distinkt, definite singular and plural distinkte)

  1. distinct

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin distinctus.

Adjective

distinkt (neuter singular distinkt, definite singular and plural distinkte)

  1. distinct

References

Swedish

Adjective

distinkt (comparative distinktare, superlative distinktast)

  1. distinctive (unique, identifying)
    Fågeln har ett väldigt distinkt utseende
    The bird has a very distinctive appearance
    den distinkta lukten av gamla böcker
    the distinctive smell of old books
  2. distinct (separated)
    Folk brukar blanda ihop de här fenomenen, men de är distinkta
    People tend to mix up these phenomena, but they are distinct
  3. distinct (clear)
    Mönstret framträdde distinkt
    The pattern was seen distinctly

Declension

Inflection of distinkt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular distinkt distinktare distinktast
neuter singular distinkt distinktare distinktast
plural distinkta distinktare distinktast
masculine plural2 distinkte distinktare distinktast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 distinkte distinktare distinktaste
all distinkta distinktare distinktaste

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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