apocalyptisch
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Apocalyptisch (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós). Equivalent to Apocalyps + -isch; some senses refer to apocalyps instead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː.poː.kaːˈlɪp.tis/
- Hyphenation: apo‧ca‧lyp‧tisch
Adjective
apocalyptisch (not comparable)
- (Judaism, Christianity) apocalyptic (pertaining to the Book of Revelations or the religious genre in general)
- apocalyptic (pertaining to a future cataclysm)
Inflection
| Inflection of apocalyptisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | apocalyptisch | |||
| inflected | apocalyptische | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | apocalyptisch | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | apocalyptische | ||
| n. sing. | apocalyptisch | |||
| plural | apocalyptische | |||
| definite | apocalyptische | |||
| partitive | apocalyptisch | |||
Derived terms
- postapocalyptisch