patetisk

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, subject to passion, passionate, pathetic), from πάθος (páthos, suffering, misery, passion). Compare English pathetic, French pathétique and German pathetisch. Second sense probably influenced by English pathetic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pateːtisk/, [pʰaˈtˢeːˀtˢisɡ̊]

Adjective

patetisk

  1. bombastic, high-flown, pompous, histrionic, passionate
  2. pathetic, pitiful [from 1957]

Inflection

Inflection of patetisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular patetisk 2
indefinite neuter singular patetisk 2
plural patetiske 2
definite attributive1 patetiske

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.

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

patetisk (neuter singular patetisk, definite singular and plural patetiske)

  1. pathetic

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós).

Adjective

patetisk (neuter singular patetisk, definite singular and plural patetiske)

  1. pathetic

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós).

Adjective

patetisk (comparative mer patetisk, superlative mest patetisk)

  1. pathetic

Declension

Inflection of patetisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular patetisk mer patetisk mest patetisk
neuter singular patetiskt mer patetiskt mest patetiskt
plural patetiska mer patetiska mest patetiska
masculine plural2 patetiske mer patetiska mest patetiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 patetiske mer patetiske mest patetiske
all patetiska mer patetiska mest patetiska

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.