teoretisk

Danish

Etymology

Via German theoretisch, from Latin theoreticus, Derived from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

Adjective

teoretisk (plural and definite singular attributive teoretiske)

  1. theoretical
    Antonyms: virkelig, praktisk

Inflection

Inflection of teoretisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular teoretisk 2
indefinite neuter singular teoretisk 2
plural teoretiske 2
definite attributive1 teoretiske

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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós) and Latin theoreticus, via German theoretisch.

Adjective

teoretisk (neuter singular teoretisk, definite singular and plural teoretiske)

  1. theoretical
  2. (as an adverb) theoretically

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós) and Latin theoreticus, via German theoretisch.

Adjective

teoretisk (neuter singular teoretisk, definite singular and plural teoretiske)

  1. theoretical

References

Swedish

Etymology

teori +‎ -isk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛʊˈreːtɪsk/
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Adjective

teoretisk

  1. theoretic (concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters).
  2. theoretic (existing only in theory, not proven in reality).
  3. theoretical (of or pertaining to theoretic studies).

Declension

Inflection of teoretisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular teoretisk mer teoretisk mest teoretisk
neuter singular teoretiskt mer teoretiskt mest teoretiskt
plural teoretiska mer teoretiska mest teoretiska
masculine plural2 teoretiske mer teoretiska mest teoretiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 teoretiske mer teoretiske mest teoretiske
all teoretiska mer teoretiska mest teoretiska

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.