abstrus

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.stʁy/
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Adjective

abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)

  1. (literary, derogatory) abstruse
    Synonym: abscons

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)

  1. abstruse

Usage notes

A large portion of German speakers confounds this with absurd or believes both to have the same meaning. The meaning "difficult to understand, unclear" is almost never applied in everyday speech.

Declension

Positive forms of abstrus
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist abstrus sie ist abstrus es ist abstrus sie sind abstrus
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative abstruser abstruse abstruses abstruse
genitive abstrusen abstruser abstrusen abstruser
dative abstrusem abstruser abstrusem abstrusen
accusative abstrusen abstruse abstruses abstruse
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der abstruse die abstruse das abstruse die abstrusen
genitive des abstrusen der abstrusen des abstrusen der abstrusen
dative dem abstrusen der abstrusen dem abstrusen den abstrusen
accusative den abstrusen die abstruse das abstruse die abstrusen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein abstruser eine abstruse ein abstruses (keine) abstrusen
genitive eines abstrusen einer abstrusen eines abstrusen (keiner) abstrusen
dative einem abstrusen einer abstrusen einem abstrusen (keinen) abstrusen
accusative einen abstrusen eine abstruse ein abstruses (keine) abstrusen
Comparative forms of abstrus
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist abstruser sie ist abstruser es ist abstruser sie sind abstruser
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative abstruserer abstrusere abstruseres abstrusere
genitive abstruseren abstruserer abstruseren abstruserer
dative abstruserem abstruserer abstruserem abstruseren
accusative abstruseren abstrusere abstruseres abstrusere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der abstrusere die abstrusere das abstrusere die abstruseren
genitive des abstruseren der abstruseren des abstruseren der abstruseren
dative dem abstruseren der abstruseren dem abstruseren den abstruseren
accusative den abstruseren die abstrusere das abstrusere die abstruseren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein abstruserer eine abstrusere ein abstruseres (keine) abstruseren
genitive eines abstruseren einer abstruseren eines abstruseren (keiner) abstruseren
dative einem abstruseren einer abstruseren einem abstruseren (keinen) abstruseren
accusative einen abstruseren eine abstrusere ein abstruseres (keine) abstruseren
Superlative forms of abstrus
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am abstrusesten sie ist am abstrusesten es ist am abstrusesten sie sind am abstrusesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative abstrusester abstruseste abstrusestes abstruseste
genitive abstrusesten abstrusester abstrusesten abstrusester
dative abstrusestem abstrusester abstrusestem abstrusesten
accusative abstrusesten abstruseste abstrusestes abstruseste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der abstruseste die abstruseste das abstruseste die abstrusesten
genitive des abstrusesten der abstrusesten des abstrusesten der abstrusesten
dative dem abstrusesten der abstrusesten dem abstrusesten den abstrusesten
accusative den abstrusesten die abstruseste das abstruseste die abstrusesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein abstrusester eine abstruseste ein abstrusestes (keine) abstrusesten
genitive eines abstrusesten einer abstrusesten eines abstrusesten (keiner) abstrusesten
dative einem abstrusesten einer abstrusesten einem abstrusesten (keinen) abstrusesten
accusative einen abstrusesten eine abstruseste ein abstrusestes (keine) abstrusesten

Adverb

abstrus

  1. abstrusely

Further reading

  • “abstrus” in Duden online
  • “abstrus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French abstrus.

Adjective

abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine and neuter plural abstruse)

  1. abstruse

Declension

Declension of abstrus
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite abstrus abstrusă abstruși abstruse
definite abstrusul abstrusa abstrușii abstrusele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite abstrus abstruse abstruși abstruse
definite abstrusului abstrusei abstrușilor abstruselor

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin abstrusus.

Adjective

abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)

  1. abstruse, difficult to understand
  2. nebulous, obscure, mysterious

Inflection

Inflection of abstrus
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular abstrus abstrusare abstrusast
Neuter singular abstrust abstrusare abstrusast
Plural abstrusa abstrusare abstrusast
Masculine plural3 abstruse abstrusare abstrusast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 abstruse abstrusare abstrusaste
All abstrusa abstrusare abstrusaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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