desperat

Danish

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat

1. desperate

Inflection

Inflection of desperat

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	desperat	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	desperat	—	—2
plural	desperate	—	—2
definite attributive1	desperate	—	—

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

• desperation

See also

• desperado
• fortvivlelse
• frustreret

References

• “desperat” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Latin desperatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛspəˈʁaːt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: des‧pe‧rat

Adjective

desperat (strong nominative masculine singular desperater, comparative desperater, superlative am desperatesten)

1. (dated, now literary) desperate

   Synonym: verzweifelt

Usage notes

• Even in literary style it is seldom used of people anymore, but rather with nouns like Lage (“situation”), Stimmung (“mood”), Eindruck (“impression”), etc.

Declension

Positive forms of desperat

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist desperat	sie ist desperat	es ist desperat	sie sind desperat
strong declension (without article)	nominative	desperater	desperate	desperates	desperate
	genitive	desperaten	desperater	desperaten	desperater
	dative	desperatem	desperater	desperatem	desperaten
	accusative	desperaten	desperate	desperates	desperate
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der desperate	die desperate	das desperate	die desperaten
	genitive	des desperaten	der desperaten	des desperaten	der desperaten
	dative	dem desperaten	der desperaten	dem desperaten	den desperaten
	accusative	den desperaten	die desperate	das desperate	die desperaten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein desperater	eine desperate	ein desperates	(keine) desperaten
	genitive	eines desperaten	einer desperaten	eines desperaten	(keiner) desperaten
	dative	einem desperaten	einer desperaten	einem desperaten	(keinen) desperaten
	accusative	einen desperaten	eine desperate	ein desperates	(keine) desperaten

Comparative forms of desperat

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist desperater	sie ist desperater	es ist desperater	sie sind desperater
strong declension (without article)	nominative	desperaterer	desperatere	desperateres	desperatere
	genitive	desperateren	desperaterer	desperateren	desperaterer
	dative	desperaterem	desperaterer	desperaterem	desperateren
	accusative	desperateren	desperatere	desperateres	desperatere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der desperatere	die desperatere	das desperatere	die desperateren
	genitive	des desperateren	der desperateren	des desperateren	der desperateren
	dative	dem desperateren	der desperateren	dem desperateren	den desperateren
	accusative	den desperateren	die desperatere	das desperatere	die desperateren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein desperaterer	eine desperatere	ein desperateres	(keine) desperateren
	genitive	eines desperateren	einer desperateren	eines desperateren	(keiner) desperateren
	dative	einem desperateren	einer desperateren	einem desperateren	(keinen) desperateren
	accusative	einen desperateren	eine desperatere	ein desperateres	(keine) desperateren

Superlative forms of desperat

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am desperatesten	sie ist am desperatesten	es ist am desperatesten	sie sind am desperatesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	desperatester	desperateste	desperatestes	desperateste
	genitive	desperatesten	desperatester	desperatesten	desperatester
	dative	desperatestem	desperatester	desperatestem	desperatesten
	accusative	desperatesten	desperateste	desperatestes	desperateste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der desperateste	die desperateste	das desperateste	die desperatesten
	genitive	des desperatesten	der desperatesten	des desperatesten	der desperatesten
	dative	dem desperatesten	der desperatesten	dem desperatesten	den desperatesten
	accusative	den desperatesten	die desperateste	das desperateste	die desperatesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein desperatester	eine desperateste	ein desperatestes	(keine) desperatesten
	genitive	eines desperatesten	einer desperatesten	eines desperatesten	(keiner) desperatesten
	dative	einem desperatesten	einer desperatesten	einem desperatesten	(keinen) desperatesten
	accusative	einen desperatesten	eine desperateste	ein desperatestes	(keine) desperatesten

Further reading

• “desperat” in Duden online
• “desperat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

dēspērat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēspērō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

1. desperately

References

• “desperat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin desperatus.

Adjective

desperat (neuter singular desperat, definite singular and plural desperate)

1. desperate

Adverb

desperat

1. desperately

References

• “desperat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēspērātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈpɛ.rat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrat
• Syllabification: des‧pe‧rat

Noun

desperat m pers (female equivalent desperatka)

1. despairer

Declension

Declension of desperat

	singular	plural
nominative	desperat	desperaci/desperaty (deprecative)
genitive	desperata	desperatów
dative	desperatowi	desperatom
accusative	desperata	desperatów
instrumental	desperatem	desperatami
locative	desperacie	desperatach
vocative	desperacie	desperaci

Derived terms

adjective

• desperacki

 

Related terms

adverb

• desperacko

 

noun

• desperacja

 

Further reading

• desperat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• desperat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [despeˈrat]

Etymology 1

Verb

desperat

1. past participle of despera

Etymology 2

Adjective

desperat m or n (feminine singular desperată, masculine plural desperați, feminine and neuter plural desperate)

1. Alternative form of disperat

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	desperat		desperată		desperați	desperate
	definite	desperatul		desperata		desperații	desperatele
genitive- dative	indefinite	desperat		desperate		desperați	desperate
	definite	desperatului		desperatei		desperaților	desperatelor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

desperat (comparative desperatare, superlative desperatast)

1. desperate (feeling desperation)

   en desperat kvinna

   a desperate woman

2. desperate (of a situation or the like)

   en desperat åtgärd i en desperat situation

   a desperate measure in a desperate situation

Declension

Inflection of desperat

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	desperat	desperatare	desperatast
neuter singular	desperat	desperatare	desperatast
plural	desperata	desperatare	desperatast
masculine plural2	desperate	desperatare	desperatast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	desperate	desperatare	desperataste
all	desperata	desperatare	desperataste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• desperation (“desperation”)

References

• desperat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• desperat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• desperat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)