offentlig

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German öffentlich (“public”) (earlier also written offentlich), derived from the adjective German offen (“open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz, cf. Danish åben, English open.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʌfənd̥li], [ˈʌfn̩li]

Adjective

offentlig

  1. public

Inflection

Inflection of offentlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular offentlig — —2
indefinite neuter singular offentligt — —2
plural offentlige — —2
definite attributive1 offentlige — —

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.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German öffentlich.

Adjective

offentlig (neuter singular offentlig, definite singular and plural offentlige)

  1. public

Derived terms

See also

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German öffentlich, from Middle High German offen, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Cognate with Swedish öppen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

offentlig

  1. public (pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people)

Declension

Inflection of offentlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular offentlig — —
neuter singular offentligt — —
plural offentliga — —
masculine plural2 offentlige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 offentlige — —
all offentliga — —

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.

Derived terms

References

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