olympisk
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Danish
Etymology
Via German olympisch from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), Ὀλυμπιακός (Olumpiakós), Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios), derived partly from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Mount Olympus”), partly from Ὀλυμπος (Olumpos, “Olympia”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
olympisk (plural and definite singular attributive olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games, held at Olympia in Elis)
- Olympian (relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman gods, residing on Olympus)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)
References
- “olympisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)
References
- “olympisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
olympisk (not comparable)
- Olympic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- Olympian (of or pertaining to Olympus or the Greek gods once held to live there)
- (figuratively) Olympian (lofty)
- olympiskt lugn
- Olympian calm
Declension
| Inflection of olympisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | olympisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | olympiskt | — | — |
| Plural | olympiska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | olympiske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | olympiske | — | — |
| All | olympiska | — | — |
| 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
- olympiska spel (“Olympic Games”)
- olympisk eld (“Olympic flame”)
- olympisk fackla (“Olympic torch”)