arktisk

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Danish

Adjective

arktisk

  1. Arctic

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, northern, of the (Great) Bear), from ἄρκτος (árktos, bear, Ursa Major).

Adjective

arktisk (neuter singular arktisk, definite singular and plural arktiske)

  1. Arctic (relating to the regions around the North Pole)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, northern, of the (Great) Bear), from ἄρκτος (árktos, bear, Ursa Major).

Adjective

arktisk (neuter singular arktisk, definite singular and plural arktiske)

  1. Arctic (as above)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós).

Adjective

arktisk (comparative mer arktisk, superlative mest arktisk)

  1. Arctic

Declension

Inflection of arktisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular arktisk mer arktisk mest arktisk
neuter singular arktiskt mer arktiskt mest arktiskt
plural arktiska mer arktiska mest arktiska
masculine plural2 arktiske mer arktiska mest arktiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 arktiske mer arktiske mest arktiske
all arktiska mer arktiska mest arktiska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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