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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via German olympisch from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), Ὀλυμπιακός (Olumpiakós), Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios), derived partly from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Mount Olympus”), partly from Ὀλυμπος (Olumpos, “Olympia”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]olympisk (plural and definite singular attributive olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games, held at Olympia in Elis)
- Olympian (relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman gods, residing on Olympus)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Adjective
[edit]olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)
References
[edit]- “olympisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Adjective
[edit]olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)
- Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)
References
[edit]- “olympisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]olympisk (not comparable)
- Olympic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- Olympian (of or pertaining to Olympus or the Greek gods once held to live there)
- (figuratively) Olympian (lofty)
- olympiskt lugn
- Olympian calm
Declension
[edit]Inflection of olympisk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | olympisk | — | — |
Neuter singular | olympiskt | — | — |
Plural | olympiska | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | olympiske | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | olympiske | — | — |
All | olympiska | — | — |
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 |
Derived terms
[edit]- olympiska spel (“Olympic Games”)
- olympisk eld (“Olympic flame”)
- olympisk fackla (“Olympic torch”)
Related terms
[edit]References
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