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)
- patriotic
Declension
| Inflection of patriotisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | patriotisk | mer patriotisk | mest patriotisk |
| Neuter singular | patriotiskt | mer patriotiskt | mest patriotiskt |
| Plural | patriotiska | mer patriotiska | mest patriotiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | patriotiske | mer patriotiske | mest patriotiske |
| All | patriotiska | mer patriotiska | mest patriotiska |
| 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
- patriot
- patriotism
References
- patriotisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- patriotisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- patriotisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)