tragisk

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥ɑˀɡ̊isɡ̊]

Adjective

tragisk

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

Inflection

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. tragic

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. tragic

References

Swedish

Adjective

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

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.

See also

References