faktum

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaktum]
• Hyphenation: fak‧tum

faktum n

1. alternative form of fakt

• “faktum”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “faktum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “faktum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “faktum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Latin factum, neuter perfect participle of faciō (“I do, I make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

• IPA^(key): /faktɔm/, [ˈfɑɡ̊tˢɔm]

faktum n (singular definite faktummet, plural indefinite fakta)

1. fact

• kendsgerning

• “faktum” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin factum (“fact”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒktum]
• Hyphenation: fak‧tum
• Rhymes: -um

faktum (plural faktumok)

1. (archaic) fact

   Synonym: tény

• faktum in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• faktum in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Latin factum.

faktum n (definite singular faktumet, indefinite plural fakta, definite plural faktaene)

1. a fact

• faktaark

• “faktum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin factum.

faktum n (definite singular faktumet, indefinite plural faktum or fakta, definite plural faktuma or faktaa)

1. a fact

• faktaark

• “faktum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin factum. Compare facit.

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faktum n

1. a fact (something undeniably true or real)

   Det är ett välkänt faktum att cyklar stjäls om de lämnas olåsta

   It's a well-known fact that bicycles will get stolen if they're left unlocked

   Slutsignalen ljöd, och förlusten var ett faktum

   The final whistle blew, and the loss was a fact/reality (something undeniably real)

   Det är ingen åsikt att de brutit mot lagen. Det är fakta.

   It's not an opinion that they have broken the law. It's a fact (literally, "It is facts" – see the usage notes below).

   intressanta fakta

   interesting facts

   faktagranskning

   fact-checking

• Fakta, though historically just a plural form of faktum (along with the zero plural faktum – see the declension tables below), is often used slightly differently, and is likely intuited as an entirely separate word by many native speakers:
  • Fakta is often a better match than faktum for facts in the English sense. "Intressanta fakta" matches "interesting facts" in tone, whereas the tone of "intressanta faktum" is closer to "interesting things that are undeniably true or real." Compare the sports example above.
  • Fakta is often intuited as a common-gender mass noun. Compare the law example above, where fakta is idiomatic despite there only being a single fact, and how fact is sometimes used like a mass noun in English as well ("It is fact, not fiction.") This intuition also means that both "intressant (singular) fakta" and "intressanta (plural) fakta" appear for "interesting facts" (though the former might be considered improper by some). Another consequence is that a definite faktan (the fact-as-a-mass-noun / the facts) sometimes appears.
  • Perhaps due to the differences outlined above, a single piece of factual information (in for example a report or news article) is often called a faktauppgift rather than a faktum.
• Turns into fakta- in compounds.

• grundfakta
• faktagranskning
• faktakoll
• faktakontroll
• faktauppgift

• faktisk

• datum

• faktum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• faktum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• faktum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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