kompromis

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkompromɪs]

Noun

kompromis m inan

1. compromise

Declension

Declension of kompromis (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kompromis	kompromisy
genitive	kompromisu	kompromisů
dative	kompromisu	kompromisům
accusative	kompromis	kompromisy
vocative	kompromise	kompromisy
locative	kompromise, kompromisu	kompromisech
instrumental	kompromisem	kompromisy

Derived terms

• kompromisní
• nekompromisní

 

Related terms

• kompromitovat

 

Further reading

• “kompromis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kompromis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kompromis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French compromis, from Latin compromissum.

Noun

kompromis n (singular definite kompromiset, plural indefinite kompromiser)

1. compromise
   • 1989, Henrik Larsen, Klassisk regulering: dansk monopolregulering 1978-1988:

     Kompromisserne mellem de regulerede og de ikke-regulerede skabes ikke på åben markedsplads.

     The compromises between the regulated and the non-regulated are not made on the open marketplace.

   • 2016, Tage Skou-Hansen, Den hårde frugt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Men ingenting havde fået konsekvenser. Parentesen sluttede bare og udviklingen gik videre. Fornuften og kompromisserne kom igen.

     But nothing had had any consequences. The parenthesis simply ended, and development continued. Reason and compromises returned.

   • 2016, Anne Marie Løn, Veras vrede, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Om forventningerne, kampene, ydmygelserne, nederlagene – om kompromisserne, både dem systemet fordrede og dem, hun selv havde føjet til.

     About the expectations, the battles, the humiliations, the defeats - and about the compromises, both those which the system demanded and those she had added herself.

   • 2012, Jacob Alsted, Ledelse og medarbejdere, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 117:

     Freud mente, at egoets rolle i individet er at skabe kompromiser mellem individets egne, indre behov og omverdenens krav, hvilket formuleres som, at egoet skaber kompromiser mellem idet og superegoet.

     Freud believed that the role of the ego within the individual is to make compromises between the individual's own, inner needs and those of the surrounding world, which is formulated as the ego making compromises between the id and the superego.

   • 2009, Martin Marcussen, Karsten Ronit, Globaliseringens udfordringer: politiske og administrative processer under pres, Hans Reitzels Forlag, →ISBN, page 120:

     Og arbejdsmarkedsmodeller - som den danske - er historisk udviklet inden for en nationalstatslig ramme og med udgangspunkt i de interessekonstellationer og kompromiser, som nationalstaten tilvejebragte.

     And models of the labour market - such as the Danish one - have, historically, developed within the framework of a nation-state and having, as starting points, the constellations of interest and compromises that the nation-state gave rise to.

   • 2016, Hugo Gaarden, Humphrey Lau, Slå den røde dronning: En personlig fortælling om at lede danske virksomheder i Kina, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Personligt mener jeg, at kompromiser som beslutningsgrundlag er noget hø.

     Personally, I feel that compromises as foundation of decision-making is bullshit.

   • 1972, Willy-August Linnemann, Sønderjyllands fremtid:

     Fordi dramaets værste fjende er kompromisset, og København efterhånden er kompromissets højborg.

     Because the worst enemy of drama is compromise, and Copenhagen has, by degrees, become the stronghold of compromise.

   • 1969, Martin Andersen Nexø, Breve:

     Jeg har aldrig fattet Kompromissets Aand - hvo som ikke er helt med, er imod.

     I have never understood the spirit of compromise - whoever is not entirely with, is against.

   • 2011, Nikolaj Bøgh, Brødrene Møller - Historien om et konservativt dynasti, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Men som forbillede for et politisk parti i et land, hvor det stort set altid er kompromissets kunst og de små sejre, der giver indflydelsen, kan han være ganske problematisk.

     But as idol of a political party in a country, where it is almost always the art of compromise and the small victories, that give influence, he can be quite problematic.

   • 1946, Emil Frederiksen, Gads danske magasin:

     Kompromissets Kerne var, at Sydslesvigerne selv fører deres Synspunkter og Ønsker frem saavel i London som i Berlin (overfor Besættelsesmagternes Kontrolkommission), medens Danmark sender sit eget Memorandum til London.

     The core of the compromise was that the South-Schleswigers present their views and wishes in London and in Berlin (before the control commission of the occupying forces), whereas Denmark sends its own memorandum to London.

Declension

Declension of kompromis

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kompromis	kompromiset kompromisset	kompromiser kompromisser	kompromiserne kompromisserne
genitive	kompromiss	kompromisets kompromissets	kompromisers kompromissers	kompromisernes kompromissernes

Related terms

• kompromisse
• kompromittere

References

• “kompromis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin comprōmissum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmˈprɔ.mis/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmis
• Syllabification: kom‧pro‧mis

Noun

kompromis m inan

1. compromise (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)

Declension

Declension of kompromis

	singular	plural
nominative	kompromis	kompromisy
genitive	kompromisu	kompromisów
dative	kompromisowi	kompromisom
accusative	kompromis	kompromisy
instrumental	kompromisem	kompromisami
locative	kompromisie	kompromisach
vocative	kompromisie	kompromisy

Derived terms

adjective

• bezkompromisowy

 

adverb

• bezkompromisowo

 

noun

• bezkompromisowość

 

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kompromiss, from Latin comprōmissum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komprǒmis/
• Hyphenation: kom‧pro‧mis

Noun

kompròmis m (Cyrillic spelling компро̀мис)

1. compromise (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)

Declension

Declension of kompromis

	singular	plural
nominative	kompromis	kompromisi
genitive	kompromisa	kompromisa
dative	kompromisu	kompromisima
accusative	kompromis	kompromise
vocative	kompromise	kompromisi
locative	kompromisu	kompromisima
instrumental	kompromisom	kompromisima

References

• “kompromis”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024