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kryptisk

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Danish

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Adjective

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kryptisk

  1. cryptic

Inflection

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Inflection of kryptisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular kryptisk 2
indefinite neuter singular kryptisk 2
plural kryptiske 2
definite attributive1 kryptiske

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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kryptisk (neuter singular kryptisk, definite singular and plural kryptiske)

  1. cryptic

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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kryptisk (neuter singular kryptisk, definite singular and plural kryptiske)

  1. cryptic

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cryptic. First attested in 1960. Doublet of krypta, krypto, grift, grotta, and grotesk.

Adjective

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kryptisk (comparative mer kryptisk, superlative mest kryptisk)

  1. cryptic

Declension

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Inflection of kryptisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kryptisk mer kryptisk mest kryptisk
neuter singular kryptiskt mer kryptiskt mest kryptiskt
plural kryptiska mer kryptiska mest kryptiska
masculine plural2 kryptiske mer kryptiska mest kryptiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kryptiske mer kryptiske mest kryptiske
all kryptiska mer kryptiska mest kryptiska

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.

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