etnisk

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Danish

Etymology

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

Adjective

etnisk

  1. ethnic
  2. (nonstandard) belonging to some non-Western ethnicity
    • 2008, Anders Ejrnæs, Integration eller isolation, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 93:
      ... at kvinder, og især etniske kvinder, egner sig til omsorgssektoren, fordi de i højere grad er vant til at tage sig af familie og børn.
      ... that women, and non-Western women in particular, are suited for the care sector because they are more used to caring for family and children.
    • 2017, Julie Hastrup, Det blinde punkt, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      ... en sag, hvor en ung etnisk mand var målet.«
      ... a case in which a young non-Western man was the target."

Usage notes

Notice that in some contexts, the existence of the second sense may render this term contranymous. For example, etnisk dansker ordinarily means "ethnic Dane", i.e. someone of Danish ethnicity, but employing the second definition, it could be read as "Dane descended from non-Western immigrants".

Inflection

Inflection of etnisk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular etnisk — —2
Indefinite 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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

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

  1. ethnic

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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 — —
Masculine plural3 etniske — —
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.
3) Dated or archaic

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