etnisk
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos)
Adjective
etnisk
- ethnic
Inflection
| Inflection of etnisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | etnisk | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | etnisk | — | —2 |
| Plural | etniske | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | etniske | — | — |
| 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. | |||
Derived terms
- etnisk udrensning
Further reading
- “etnisk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)
- ethnic
References
- “etnisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)
- ethnic
References
- “etnisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos), cognate with German ethnisch, English ethnic, used in Swedish since 1864.
Adjective
etnisk (not comparable)
- ethnic (of or relating to a group of people of common background)
- ethnic (belonging to a foreign culture)
- etnisk mat, etniska livsmedel
- ethnic food
Declension
| Inflection of etnisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | etnisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | etniskt | — | — |
| Plural | etniska | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | etniske | — | — |
| All | etniska | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Related terms
- etnicitet
- etnisk rensning
- etno
- etnocentrisk
References
- etnisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- etnisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.