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makaber

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German

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Etymology

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From French macabre, through Spanish macabro and possibly Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, cemeteries), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈkaːbɐ/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ka‧ber

Adjective

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makaber (strong nominative masculine singular makaberer, comparative makabrer, superlative am makabersten)

  1. macabre

Declension

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Further reading

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  • makaber” in Duden online
  • makaber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French macabre.

Adjective

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makaber (masculine and feminine makaber, neuter makabert, definite singular and plural makabre, comparative mer makaber, superlative mest makaber)

  1. macabre

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French macabre.

Adjective

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makaber (neuter makabert, definite singular and plural makabre, comparative meir makaber, superlative mest makaber)

  1. macabre

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Swedish

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Adjective

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makaber (comparative makabrare, superlative makabrast)

  1. macabre

Declension

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Inflection of makaber
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular makaber makabrare makabrast
neuter singular makabert makabrare makabrast
plural makabra makabrare makabrast
masculine plural2 makabre makabrare makabrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 makabre makabrare makabraste
all makabra makabrare makabraste

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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