virksom

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Danish

Etymology

virke +‎ -som

Adjective

virksom

  1. active, in activity
  2. effective, having an effect
    • 2014, Erik J. Huigen, Lemmingeeffekten: - Om krise, ledighed og menneskesyn i Konkurrencestaten, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 142:
      Ud fra rent pragmatiske beregninger af, hvad der var mest virksomt over for et folk bestående af selviske, aggressive og opportunistiske individer, skulle magt og vold bruges til at sikre samfundets stabilitet.
      Based on purely pragmatic calculations of what would be most effective against a people consisting of selfish, aggressive and opportunistic individuals, power and violence were to be used to ensure the stability of society.
  3. working
    • 2009, Matematik for Lærere. 1b Kultur, Kundska, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 79:
      Han var især virksom inden for differential- og integralregningen, bidrog til differentialligningsteorien og grundlagde teorien for partielle differentialligninger.
      He was especially productive within differential and integral calculus, contributed to the theory of differential equations and founded the theory of partial differential equations.
    • 1996, Elith Olesen, De frigjorte og trællefolket: amerikansk-engelsk indflydelse på dansk kirkeliv omkring år 1900, →ISBN:
      ... var virksom inden for ydre mission ...
      ... was active in the outer mission ...

Inflection

Inflection of virksom
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular virksom virksommere virksomst2
indefinite neuter singular virksomt virksommere virksomst2
plural virksomme virksommere virksomst2
definite attributive1 virksomme virksommere virksomste

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.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From virke +‎ -som.

Adjective

virksom (neuter singular virksomt, definite singular and plural virksomme)

  1. effective

Derived terms

See also

References

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