heroisk

Danish

Adjective

heroisk

heroic

Inflection

Inflection of heroisk
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	heroisk	—	—²
Neuter singular	heroisk	—	—²
Plural	heroiske	—	—²
Definite attributive¹	heroiske	—	—
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.

Synonyms

heltemodig

Related terms

heros

References

“heroisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin heroicus, from Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”)

Adjective

heroisk (indefinite singular heroisk, definite singular and plural heroiske)

heroic

References

“heroisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“heroisk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin heroicus, from Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”)

Adjective

heroisk (indefinite singular heroisk, definite singular and plural heroiske)

heroic

References

“heroisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German heroisch, from Latin hērōicus, from Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs) + -ικός (-ikós). Equivalent to hero +‎ -isk. Compare Danish heroisk and English heroic.

Adjective

heroisk (comparative mer heroisk, superlative mest heroisk)

heroic

Inflection

Inflection of heroisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	heroisk	mer heroisk	mest heroisk
Neuter singular	heroiskt	mer heroiskt	mest heroiskt
Plural	heroiska	mer heroiska	mest heroiska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	heroiske	mer heroiske	mest heroiske
All	heroiska	mer heroiska	mest heroiska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Synonyms

hjältemodig

Related terms

heros (more rarely hero)
heroism

References

heroisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.