spartansk

Danish

Etymology

Via German spartanisch and Latin Spartānus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sb̥ɑˈtˢæˀnsɡ̊]

Adjective

spartansk (plural and definite singular attributive spartanske)

  1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
  2. Spartan (relating to the Ancient Greek city of Sparta)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

  1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
  2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

  1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
  2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

Swedish

Adjective

spartansk (comparative mer spartansk, superlative mest spartansk)

  1. Spartan (relating to Sparta or its citizens)
  2. spartan (ascetic)
    en spartansk måltid
    a spartan meal

Declension

Inflection of spartansk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spartansk mer spartansk mest spartansk
neuter singular spartanskt mer spartanskt mest spartanskt
plural spartanska mer spartanska mest spartanska
masculine plural2 spartanske mer spartanska mest spartanska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spartanske mer spartanske mest spartanske
all spartanska mer spartanska mest spartanska

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.

References