markant

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marquant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɑrˈkɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mar‧kant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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markant (comparative markanter, superlative markantst)

  1. striking, distinctive

Declension

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Declension of markant
uninflected markant
inflected markante
comparative markanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial markant markanter het markantst
het markantste
indefinite m./f. sing. markante markantere markantste
n. sing. markant markanter markantste
plural markante markantere markantste
definite markante markantere markantste
partitive markants markanters

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marquant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maʁˈkant/, [maʁˈkant], [maɐ̯ˈkant] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /maˈkant/ (common; chiefly northern and central Germany)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

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markant (strong nominative masculine singular markanter, comparative markanter, superlative am markantesten)

  1. distinctive (easily identifiable)
  2. striking (individual and impressive)
    Synonyms: auffallend, ausgeprägt, hervorstechend
    markante Stimmestriking voice

Declension

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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marquant, the present participle of marquer.

Adjective

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markant (comparative markantare, superlative markantast)

  1. striking, prominent

Declension

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Inflection of markant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular markant markantare markantast
Neuter singular markant markantare markantast
Plural markanta markantare markantast
Masculine plural3 markante markantare markantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 markante markantare markantaste
All markanta markantare markantaste
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

Adverb

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markant (comparative markantare, superlative markantast)

  1. markedly, significantly

References

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