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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French exotique, from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛkˈsoː.tis/
- Hyphenation: exo‧tisch
- Rhymes: -oːtis
Adjective
exotisch (comparative exotischer, superlative meest exotisch or exotischt)
- exotic (foreign, non-native to an area)
- Synonym: uitheems
- exotic (foreign or having a foreign appearance, especially in an exciting way)
Inflection
Descendants
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
exotisch (strong nominative masculine singular exotischer, comparative exotischer, superlative am exotischsten)
- exotic
2010, Der Spiegel, number 28/2010, page 98:Freunde exotischer Gerichte verbrennen sich mitunter gehörig den Mund, weil sie die Schärfe falsch einschätzen.- Friends of exotic dishes now and then awfully burn their mouth, because they misjudge the spiciness.
Declension
Positive forms of exotisch
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Superlative forms of exotisch
Further reading
- “exotisch” in Duden online
- “exotisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache