komisk

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed via German komisch and Latin cōmicus from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “concerning comedy”), a derivation from κῶμος (kômos, “revel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰoˀmisɡ̊]

Adjective

komisk

  1. comical, amusing, funny, causing laughter
  2. (drama) comical, concerning comedy as a dramatic or literary genre

Inflection

Inflection of komisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular komisk — —2
indefinite neuter singular komisk — —2
plural komiske — —2
definite attributive1 komiske — —

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German komisch.

Adjective

komisk (neuter singular komisk, definite singular and plural komiske)

  1. comical

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German komisch.

Adjective

komisk (neuter singular komisk, definite singular and plural komiske)

  1. comical

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

komisk (comparative mer komisk, superlative mest komisk)

  1. (often unintentionally) humorous; comical
  2. comic (relating to theatrical comedy)

Declension

Inflection of komisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular komisk mer komisk mest komisk
neuter singular komiskt mer komiskt mest komiskt
plural komiska mer komiska mest komiska
masculine plural2 komiske mer komiska mest komiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 komiske mer komiske mest komiske
all komiska mer komiska mest komiska

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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References

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