dekadent

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Danish

Adjective

dekadent

  1. decadent

Inflection

Inflection of dekadent
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dekadent 2
Indefinite neuter singular dekadent 2
Plural dekadente 2
Definite attributive1 dekadente
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.

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German

Etymology

From French décadent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dekaˈdɛnt/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

dekadent (strong nominative masculine singular dekadenter, comparative dekadenter, superlative am dekadentesten)

  1. decadent

Declension

Further reading

  • dekadent” in Duden online
  • dekadent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

dekadent (masculine dekadenten, neuter dekadent, comparative méi dekadent, superlative am dekadentsten)

  1. decadent

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French décadent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈka.dɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -adɛnt
  • Syllabification: de‧ka‧dent

Noun

dekadent m pers (female equivalent dekadentka)

  1. decadent (person inclined to decadence)

Declension

Further reading

  • dekadent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dekadent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Adjective

dekadent (comparative mer dekadent, superlative mest dekadent)

  1. decadent

Declension

Inflection of dekadent
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dekadent mer dekadent mest dekadent
Neuter singular dekadent mer dekadent mest dekadent
Plural dekadenta mer dekadenta mest dekadenta
Masculine plural3 dekadente mer dekadenta mest dekadenta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dekadente mer dekadente mest dekadente
All dekadenta mer dekadenta mest dekadenta
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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