obligatorisk

Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin obligatorius, from Latin obligāre, from ob (“to, against”) and ligō (“bind, unite”).

Adjective

obligatorisk

1. mandatory
2. obligatory

Inflection

Inflection of obligatorisk
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	obligatorisk	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	obligatorisk	—	—2
Plural	obligatoriske	—	—2
Definite attributive1	obligatoriske	—	—
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.

References

• “obligatorisk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “obligatorisk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

obligatorisk (neuter singular obligatorisk, definite singular and plural obligatoriske)

1. compulsory, mandatory, obligatory

References

• “obligatorisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

obligatorisk (neuter singular obligatorisk, definite singular and plural obligatoriske)

1. compulsory, mandatory, obligatory

References

• “obligatorisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

obligatorisk (not comparable)

1. compulsory, obligatory, mandatory

Declension

Inflection of obligatorisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	obligatorisk	—	—
Neuter singular	obligatoriskt	—	—
Plural	obligatoriska	—	—
Masculine plural3	obligatoriske	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	obligatoriske	—	—
All	obligatoriska	—	—
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

Related terms

• obligatorium

References

• obligatorisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• obligatorisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)