olympisk

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [oˈlømˀb̥isɡ̊]

Adjective

olympisk (plural and definite singular attributive olympiske)

1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games, held at Olympia in Elis)
2. Olympian (relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman gods, residing on Olympus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

References

• “olympisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

References

• “olympisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

olympisk (not comparable)

1. Olympic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
2. Olympian (of or pertaining to Olympus or the Greek gods once held to live there)
3. (figuratively) Olympian (lofty)

   olympiskt lugn

   Olympian calm

Declension

Inflection of olympisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	olympisk	—	—
neuter singular	olympiskt	—	—
plural	olympiska	—	—
masculine plural2	olympiske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	olympiske	—	—
all	olympiska	—	—

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.

Derived terms

• olympiska spel (“Olympic Games”)
• olympisk eld (“Olympic flame”)
• olympisk fackla (“Olympic torch”)

Related terms

• Olympen

References

• olympisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• olympisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• olympisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)