etnisk

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos)

Adjective

etnisk

  1. 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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)

  1. ethnic

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)

  1. ethnic

References

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)

  1. ethnic (of or relating to a group of people of common background)
  2. 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.

References
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