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Danish
Etymology
hysteri + -sk
Adjective
hysterisk (neuter hysterisk, plural and definite singular attributive hysteriske)
- (medicine, obsolete) suffering from hysteria
- highly unstable and irrational; maniacal; crazed
- Han blev hysterisk da han hørte om sin kones død.
- He went into a frenzy when he heard of his wife's death.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
hysterisk (neuter singular hysterisk, definite singular and plural hysteriske)
- hysterical
- (as an adverb) hysterically
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
hysterisk (neuter singular hysterisk, definite singular and plural hysteriske)
- hysterical
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Swedish
Adjective
hysterisk (not comparable)
- hysterical (relating to hysteria)
- hysterical ((often) highly (and overly) emotional)
Usage notes
Not used in the sense of hilarious.
Declension
Inflection of hysterisk
| Indefinite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative1
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| common singular
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hysterisk
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—
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—
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| neuter singular
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hysteriskt
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—
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—
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| plural
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hysteriska
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—
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—
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| masculine plural2
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hysteriske
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—
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—
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| Definite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative
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| masculine singular3
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hysteriske
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—
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—
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| all
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hysteriska
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—
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—
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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.
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