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tragisk

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Danish

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Etymology

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Via German tragisch and Latin tragicus from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, of or relating to tragedy). Apparently a derivation from τράγος (trágos, goat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥ɑˀɡ̊isɡ̊]

Adjective

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tragisk

  1. tragic, causing grief or sadness
  2. (theater) tragic, concerning tragedy

Inflection

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Inflection of tragisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular tragisk 2
indefinite neuter singular tragisk 2
plural tragiske 2
definite attributive1 tragiske

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German tragisch, from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, of or relating to tragedy).

Adjective

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tragisk (neuter singular tragisk, definite singular and plural tragiske)

  1. tragic

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German tragisch, from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, of or relating to tragedy).

Adjective

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tragisk (neuter singular tragisk, definite singular and plural tragiske)

  1. tragic

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Adjective

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tragisk (not comparable)

  1. tragic (very sad)
    en tragisk olycka
    a tragic accident
    en tragisk händelse
    a tragic event
    1. tragic (of a person whose circumstances are very sad)
      en tragisk figur
      a tragic figure
  2. tragic (relating to tragedy as a classical genre or dramatic acts telling a tragic story more generally)

Declension

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Inflection of tragisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tragisk
neuter singular tragiskt
plural tragiska
masculine plural2 tragiske
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tragiske
all tragiska

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.

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