fantastisch

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fantastique, from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós). Equivalent to fantasie or fantast +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑnˈtɑs.tis/
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  • Hyphenation: fan‧tas‧tisch
  • Rhymes: -is

Adjective

fantastisch (comparative fantastischer, superlative meest fantastisch or fantastischt)

  1. fantastic, great
    Het is hier fantastisch!
    It's great over here!
  2. fantastic, imaginative
    Het museum bezit een veelval fantastische kunstvoorwerpen.
    The museum possesses a multitude of imaginative artistic artefacts.
  3. unreal, unrealistic, fantastical
    De verdachte legde een fantastische verklaring af.
    The suspect made a fanciful statement.

Inflection

Inflection of fantastisch
uninflected fantastisch
inflected fantastische
comparative fantastischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial fantastisch fantastischer het fantastischt
het fantastischte
indefinite m./f. sing. fantastische fantastischere fantastischte
n. sing. fantastisch fantastischer fantastischte
plural fantastische fantastischere fantastischte
definite fantastische fantastischere fantastischte
partitive fantastisch fantastischers

Descendants

  • Petjo: fantasties
  • Indonesian: fantastis

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin phantasticus, with assimilation to native suffix -isch. By surface analysis, Fantast (fantasist, dreamer) +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fantastisch (strong nominative masculine singular fantastischer, comparative fantastischer, superlative am fantastischsten)

  1. fantastic

Declension

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