desperat

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat

  1. desperate

Inflection

Inflection of desperat
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular desperat — —2
indefinite neuter singular desperat — —2
plural desperate — —2
definite attributive1 desperate — —

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

See also

References

German

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Latin desperatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛspəˈʁaːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: des‧pe‧rat

Adjective

desperat (strong nominative masculine singular desperater, comparative desperater, superlative am desperatesten)

  1. (dated, now literary) desperate
    Synonym: verzweifelt

Usage notes

  • Even in literary style it is seldom used of people anymore, but rather with nouns like Lage (“situation”), Stimmung (“mood”), Eindruck (“impression”), etc.

Declension

Positive forms of desperat
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist desperat sie ist desperat es ist desperat sie sind desperat
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative desperater desperate desperates desperate
genitive desperaten desperater desperaten desperater
dative desperatem desperater desperatem desperaten
accusative desperaten desperate desperates desperate
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der desperate die desperate das desperate die desperaten
genitive des desperaten der desperaten des desperaten der desperaten
dative dem desperaten der desperaten dem desperaten den desperaten
accusative den desperaten die desperate das desperate die desperaten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein desperater eine desperate ein desperates (keine) desperaten
genitive eines desperaten einer desperaten eines desperaten (keiner) desperaten
dative einem desperaten einer desperaten einem desperaten (keinen) desperaten
accusative einen desperaten eine desperate ein desperates (keine) desperaten
Comparative forms of desperat
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist desperater sie ist desperater es ist desperater sie sind desperater
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative desperaterer desperatere desperateres desperatere
genitive desperateren desperaterer desperateren desperaterer
dative desperaterem desperaterer desperaterem desperateren
accusative desperateren desperatere desperateres desperatere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der desperatere die desperatere das desperatere die desperateren
genitive des desperateren der desperateren des desperateren der desperateren
dative dem desperateren der desperateren dem desperateren den desperateren
accusative den desperateren die desperatere das desperatere die desperateren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein desperaterer eine desperatere ein desperateres (keine) desperateren
genitive eines desperateren einer desperateren eines desperateren (keiner) desperateren
dative einem desperateren einer desperateren einem desperateren (keinen) desperateren
accusative einen desperateren eine desperatere ein desperateres (keine) desperateren
Superlative forms of desperat
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am desperatesten sie ist am desperatesten es ist am desperatesten sie sind am desperatesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative desperatester desperateste desperatestes desperateste
genitive desperatesten desperatester desperatesten desperatester
dative desperatestem desperatester desperatestem desperatesten
accusative desperatesten desperateste desperatestes desperateste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der desperateste die desperateste das desperateste die desperatesten
genitive des desperatesten der desperatesten des desperatesten der desperatesten
dative dem desperatesten der desperatesten dem desperatesten den desperatesten
accusative den desperatesten die desperateste das desperateste die desperatesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein desperatester eine desperateste ein desperatestes (keine) desperatesten
genitive eines desperatesten einer desperatesten eines desperatesten (keiner) desperatesten
dative einem desperatesten einer desperatesten einem desperatesten (keinen) desperatesten
accusative einen desperatesten eine desperateste ein desperatestes (keine) desperatesten

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

dēspērat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēspērō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

  1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

  1. desperately

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

  1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

  1. desperately

References

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēspērātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛsˈpɛ.rat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrat
  • Syllabification: des‧pe‧rat

Noun

desperat m pers (female equivalent desperatka)

  1. despairer

Declension

Declension of desperat
singular plural
nominative desperat desperaci/desperaty (deprecative)
genitive desperata desperatów
dative desperatowi desperatom
accusative desperata desperatów
instrumental desperatem desperatami
locative desperacie desperatach
vocative desperacie desperaci

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

desperat

  1. past participle of despera

Etymology 2

Adjective

desperat m or n (feminine singular desperată, masculine plural desperați, feminine and neuter plural desperate)

  1. Alternative form of disperat
Declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite desperat desperată desperați desperate
definite desperatul desperata desperații desperatele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite desperat desperate desperați desperate
definite desperatului desperatei desperaților desperatelor

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

desperat (comparative desperatare, superlative desperatast)

  1. desperate (feeling desperation)
    en desperat kvinna
    a desperate woman
  2. desperate (of a situation or the like)
    en desperat åtgärd i en desperat situation
    a desperate measure in a desperate situation

Declension

Inflection of desperat
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular desperat desperatare desperatast
neuter singular desperat desperatare desperatast
plural desperata desperatare desperatast
masculine plural2 desperate desperatare desperatast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 desperate desperatare desperataste
all desperata desperatare desperataste

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.

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia