etnisk

From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós), derived from ἔθνος (éthnos).

etnisk (plural and definite singular attributive etniske)

1. ethnic
2. (nonstandard) belonging to some non-Western ethnicity

   Coordinate term: eksotisk

   • 2008, Anders Ejrnæs, Integration eller isolation, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 93:

     ... at kvinder, og især etniske kvinder, egner sig til omsorgssektoren, fordi de i højere grad er vant til at tage sig af familie og børn.

     ... that women, and non-Western women in particular, are suited for the care sector because they are more used to caring for family and children.

   • 2017, Julie Hastrup, Det blinde punkt, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

     ... en sag, hvor en ung etnisk mand var målet.«

     ... a case in which a young non-Western man was the target."

Notice that in some contexts, the existence of the second sense may render this term contranymous. For example, etnisk dansker ordinarily means "ethnic Dane", i.e. someone of Danish ethnicity, but employing the second definition, it could be read as "Dane descended from non-Western immigrants".

• etnisk udrensning

• “etnisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)

1. ethnic

• “etnisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)

1. ethnic

• “etnisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos), cognate with German ethnisch, English ethnic, used in Swedish since 1864.

etnisk (not comparable)

1. ethnic (of or relating to a group of people of common background)
2. ethnic (belonging to a foreign culture)

   etnisk mat, etniska livsmedel

   ethnic food

• etnicitet
• etnisk rensning
• etno
• etnocentrisk

• etnisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• etnisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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