arktisk

Danish

Adjective

arktisk

1. Arctic

Derived terms

• antarktisk

Further reading

• “arktisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).

Adjective

arktisk (neuter singular arktisk, definite singular and plural arktiske)

1. Arctic (relating to the regions around the North Pole)

Derived terms

• antarktisk
• subarktisk

Related terms

• Arktis

References

• “arktisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).

Adjective

arktisk (neuter singular arktisk, definite singular and plural arktiske)

1. Arctic (as above)

Derived terms

• antarktisk
• subarktisk

Related terms

• Arktis

References

• “arktisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós).

Adjective

arktisk (comparative mer arktisk, superlative mest arktisk)

1. Arctic

Declension

Inflection of arktisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	arktisk	mer arktisk	mest arktisk
Neuter singular	arktiskt	mer arktiskt	mest arktiskt
Plural	arktiska	mer arktiska	mest arktiska
Masculine plural3	arktiske	mer arktiska	mest arktiska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	arktiske	mer arktiske	mest arktiske
All	arktiska	mer arktiska	mest arktiska
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

Related terms

• Arktis

Further reading

• arktisk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker