eklatant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French éclatant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eklaˈtant/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

eklatant (strong nominative masculine singular eklatanter, comparative eklatanter, superlative am eklatantesten)

  1. striking
    • 2025 April 25, “Dokumente sollen Zwist zwischen USA und Europa bei Ukraineplänen zeigen”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
      Die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters hat nach eigenen Angaben die Ukraine-Friedensvorschläge der USA einerseits und Europas andererseits eingesehen. Demnach offenbaren sich eklatante Differenzen, etwa bei den Themen Krim und Nato.
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  2. blatant

Usage notes

Usually having negative connotations:

ein eklatanter Fehlera blatant mistake

Declension

Further reading

  • eklatant” in Duden online
  • eklatant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French éclatant.

Adjective

eklatant (neuter singular eklatant, definite singular and plural eklatante)

  1. striking, blatant

References

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with Danish, German eklatant, from French éclatant, based on the verb éclater, used in Swedish since 1727.

Adjective

eklatant (comparative eklatantare, superlative eklatantast)

  1. striking, blatant, obvious, apparent, irrefutable
  2. (obsolete) bright, brilliant, shining

Declension

Inflection of eklatant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular eklatant eklatantare eklatantast
neuter singular eklatant eklatantare eklatantast
plural eklatanta eklatantare eklatantast
masculine plural2 eklatante eklatantare eklatantast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 eklatante eklatantare eklatantaste
all eklatanta eklatantare eklatantaste

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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