patriotisk

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin patrioticus, equivalent to patriot +‎ -isk. Compare German patriotisch, French patriotique, English patriotic, Greek πατριωτικός (patriotikós).

Adjective

patriotisk (comparative mer patriotisk, superlative mest patriotisk)

  1. patriotic
    Antonym: opatriotisk

Declension

Inflection of patriotisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular patriotisk mer patriotisk mest patriotisk
neuter singular patriotiskt mer patriotiskt mest patriotiskt
plural patriotiska mer patriotiska mest patriotiska
masculine plural2 patriotiske mer patriotiska mest patriotiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 patriotiske mer patriotiske mest patriotiske
all patriotiska mer patriotiska mest patriotiska

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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