obskur

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Danish

Pronunciation

Adjective

obskur

  1. obscure

Inflection

Inflection of obskur
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular obskur 2
Indefinite neuter singular obskurt 2
Plural obskure 2
Definite attributive1 obskure
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

17th century, from Latin obscurus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔpsˈkuːr/, /ɔpˈskuːr/,
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  • Hyphenation: ob‧s‧kur

Adjective

obskur (strong nominative masculine singular obskurer, comparative obskurer, superlative am obskursten)

  1. obscure (unknown or hidden)
  2. dubious, shady
    Synonyms: dubios, zweifelhaft, zwielichtig, ominös

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

obskur (comparative obskurare, superlative obskurast)

  1. Rare form of obskyr.

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