vegansk

Norwegian Bokmål

A selection of vegan dishes.

Etymology

From vegan +‎ -sk, first part from English vegan, a clipping of either vegetarian or vegetable. Last part from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛˈɡɑːnsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnsk
• Hyphenation: ve‧gansk

Adjective

vegansk (neuter singular vegansk, definite singular and plural veganske, comparative mer vegansk, superlative mest vegansk)

1. vegan (not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use)
   • 2003 March 11, NTBtekst:

     lasagne på vegansk vis

     lasagna in a vegan way

   jeg har prøvd mange veganske retter

   I have tried many vegan dishes

   Synonym: plantebasert

2. vegan (relating to vegans or veganism)
   • 1977 April 16, Nationen, page 8:

     et intensivert hagebrukssystem som … er i samsvar med den veganske dietten

     an intensified horticultural system that… complies with the vegan diet

   • 2015 April 18, Bergens Tidende:

     [det] er en økning i antallet veganske restauranter

     [there] is an increase in the number of vegan restaurants

   har du noen gang besøkt en vegansk matfestival?

   have you ever visited a vegan food festival?

   Antonyms: kjøttetende, altetende

Related terms

• veganer (“vegan”)
• veganisme (“veganism”)

References

• “vegansk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From vegan +‎ -sk.

Adjective

vegansk (neuter singular vegansk, definite singular and plural veganske)

1. vegan (diet, food etc.)

Swedish

Adjective

vegansk (not comparable)

1. vegan (not involving animal products)

Declension

Inflection of vegansk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vegansk	—	—
neuter singular	veganskt	—	—
plural	veganska	—	—
masculine plural2	veganske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	veganske	—	—
all	veganska	—	—

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.

Related terms

• vegan

See also

• vegetabilisk

References

• vegansk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vegansk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)