smuk
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German smuk (“lithe, neat”), from Old Saxon *smuk, *smukk, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to crawl, creep”). Compare English smug and German schmuck (“pretty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smok/, [smɔɡ̊]
Adjective
smuk (neuter smukt, plural and definite singular attributive smukke)
Usage notes
Similarly to English beautiful, smuk carries an aspect of femininity, and hence is usually not applied to men.
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | smuk | smukkere | smukkest2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | smukt | smukkere | smukkest2 |
| plural | smukke | smukkere | smukkest2 |
| definite attributive1 | smukke | smukkere | smukkeste |
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
- (beautiful, handsome, good-looking): pæn, nydelig, yndig, fager, vakker, væn
- (fine): fin
- (noble): ædel
References
- “smuk” in Den Danske Ordbog
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Middle Low German smuk (“supple, bendsome, pleasing, beautiful, petite, cute”), from Old Saxon *smuk, *smukk, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“flexible, bendsome, easy”). Compare German schmuck.
Adjective
smuk (comparative smuker, superlative smukst)
Inflection
| masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | smuk | |||
| attributive / independent | smuken | smuke | smuk | smuke |
| partitive | smuks | — | ||
| comparative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | smuker | |||
| attributive / independent | smukeren | smukere | smuker | smukere |
| partitive | smukers | — | ||
| superlative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | am smuksten | |||
| attributive / independent | — | smukste | smukst | smukste |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smukъ, cognate with Bulgarian смок (smok).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smûːk/
Noun
smȗk m anim (Cyrillic spelling сму̑к)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smuk | smukovi |
| genitive | smuka | smukova |
| dative | smuku | smukovima |
| accusative | smuka | smukove |
| vocative | smuče | smukovi |
| locative | smuku | smukovima |
| instrumental | smukom | smukovima |