hysterisk
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hysterisk (neuter hysterisk, plural and definite singular attributive hysteriske)
- (medicine, obsolete) suffering from hysteria
- highly unstable and irrational; maniacal; crazed
- Han blev hysterisk da han hørte om sin kones død.
- He went into a frenzy when he heard of his wife's death.
- Han blev hysterisk da han hørte om sin kones død.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hysterisk (neuter singular hysterisk, definite singular and plural hysteriske)
- hysterical
- (as an adverb) hysterically
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hysterisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hysterisk (neuter singular hysterisk, definite singular and plural hysteriske)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hysterisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hysterisk (not comparable)
- hysterical (relating to hysteria)
- hysterical ((often) highly (and overly) emotional)
Usage notes
[edit]Not used in the sense of hilarious.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hysterisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hysterisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hysteriskt | — | — |
| Plural | hysteriska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hysteriske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hysteriske | — | — |
| All | hysteriska | — | — |
| 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 | |||