A loan translation from the Middle Low German pracht and later from the Danish pragt. Compare the archaic compounds hofprakt and hoffrakt.
prakt f (genitive singular praktar, no plural)
Declension of prakt | ||
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f-s2 | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prakt | praktin |
accusative | prakt | praktina |
dative | prakt | praktinni |
genitive | praktar | praktarinnar |
prakt f or m (definite singular prakta or prakten, uncountable)
From Middle Low German pracht, from Old High German braht (“crackling noise”), from Proto-Germanic *brahtaz (“cracking, snapping”), referring to the sound of applause. Influenced by German prangen (“to show off”).
prakt c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | prakt | prakts |
definite | prakten | praktens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |