spirituell

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis.

Adjective

spirituell (neuter singular spirituelt, definite singular and plural spirituelle)

1. spiritual
2. bright, clever, witty

References

• “spirituell” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “spirituell” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis.

Adjective

spirituell (neuter singular spirituelt, definite singular and plural spirituelle)

1. spiritual
2. bright, clever, witty

References

• “spirituell” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

spirituell

1. witty, ingenious, sharp, bright, quickwitted, funny (in good spirits)
3. spiritual (having (and placing great importance in) or concerned with religious or supernatural beliefs)

Usage notes

Religiously spiritual has traditionally been andlig. Only more recently has English usage given rise to (sense 2).

Declension

Inflection of spirituell

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	spirituell	mer spirituell	mest spirituell
neuter singular	spirituellt	mer spirituellt	mest spirituellt
plural	spirituella	mer spirituella	mest spirituella
masculine plural2	spirituelle	mer spirituella	mest spirituella
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	spirituelle	mer spirituelle	mest spirituelle
all	spirituella	mer spirituella	mest spirituella

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.

References

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