genuin

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Danish

Adjective

genuin (neuter genuint, plural and definite singular attributive genuine)

  1. genuine

Inflection

Inflection of genuin
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular genuin 2
Indefinite neuter singular genuint 2
Plural genuine 2
Definite attributive1 genuine
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.

References

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genuīnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡenuˈʔiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧in

Adjective

genuin (strong nominative masculine singular genuiner, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) native
    Antonym: erworben
    eine genuine Fehlstellunga native misconception
  2. genuine
    • 2008, Peter Schroeder-Heister, Scriptum for course on mathematical logic, Universität Tübingen
      Das ist ein genuin fränkischer Ausdruck.
      That’s a genuine Franconian expression.
      Üblicherweise wird die PA ohne genuine Exponentiation betrachtet.
      Normally, the PA is considered without genuine exponentiation.

Declension

Synonyms

Adverb

genuin

  1. genuinely

References

  • genuin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • genuin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genuinus.

Adjective

genuin (neuter singular genuint, definite singular and plural genuine)

  1. genuine

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genuinus.

Adjective

genuin (neuter singular genuint, definite singular and plural genuine)

  1. genuine

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genuinus.

Adjective

genuin m or n (feminine singular genuină, masculine plural genuini, feminine and neuter plural genuine)

  1. innate, native, natural

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite genuin genuină genuini genuine
definite genuinul genuina genuinii genuinele
genitive/
dative
indefinite genuin genuine genuini genuine
definite genuinului genuinei genuinilor genuinelor

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus, attested from 1786.[1]

Adjective

genuin (comparative genuinare, superlative genuinast)

  1. genuine, real, authentic

Declension

Inflection of genuin
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular genuin genuinare genuinast
Neuter singular genuint genuinare genuinast
Plural genuina genuinare genuinast
Masculine plural3 genuine genuinare genuinast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 genuine genuinare genuinaste
All genuina genuinare genuinaste
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

Derived terms

References