tropisch

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German tropisch (from Latin) or Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós). The senses relating to the tropics certainly derive from German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtroː.pis/
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  • Hyphenation: tro‧pisch
  • Rhymes: -oːpis

Adjective

tropisch (comparative tropischer, superlative meest tropisch)

  1. tropical
  2. (meteorology, officially) 30 °C or more
  3. (obsolete) pertaining to the rotations of a celestial body, especially in relation to the tropical year
  4. (obsolete) metaphorical, figurative

Declension

Declension of tropisch
uninflected tropisch
inflected tropische
comparative tropischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tropisch tropischer het meest tropisch
het meest tropische
indefinite m./f. sing. tropische tropischere meest tropische
n. sing. tropisch tropischer meest tropische
plural tropische tropischere meest tropische
definite tropische tropischere meest tropische
partitive tropisch tropischers

Derived terms

See also

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

tropisch (strong nominative masculine singular tropischer, comparative tropischer, superlative am tropischsten)

  1. tropical (relating to both tropics and tropes)

Declension

Further reading

  • tropisch” in Duden online
  • tropisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache