pikant
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pikant (comparative pikanter, superlative pikantst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of pikant | ||||
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uninflected | pikant | |||
inflected | pikante | |||
comparative | pikanter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | pikant | pikanter | het pikantst het pikantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | pikante | pikantere | pikantste |
n. sing. | pikant | pikanter | pikantste | |
plural | pikante | pikantere | pikantste | |
definite | pikante | pikantere | pikantste | |
partitive | pikants | pikanters | — |
Synonyms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective edit
pikant (strong nominative masculine singular pikanter, comparative pikanter, superlative am pikantesten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of pikant
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist pikant | sie ist pikant | es ist pikant | sie sind pikant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | pikanter | pikante | pikantes | pikante |
genitive | pikanten | pikanter | pikanten | pikanter | |
dative | pikantem | pikanter | pikantem | pikanten | |
accusative | pikanten | pikante | pikantes | pikante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der pikante | die pikante | das pikante | die pikanten |
genitive | des pikanten | der pikanten | des pikanten | der pikanten | |
dative | dem pikanten | der pikanten | dem pikanten | den pikanten | |
accusative | den pikanten | die pikante | das pikante | die pikanten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein pikanter | eine pikante | ein pikantes | (keine) pikanten |
genitive | eines pikanten | einer pikanten | eines pikanten | (keiner) pikanten | |
dative | einem pikanten | einer pikanten | einem pikanten | (keinen) pikanten | |
accusative | einen pikanten | eine pikante | ein pikantes | (keine) pikanten |
Comparative forms of pikant
Superlative forms of pikant
Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
pikant (neuter singular pikant, definite singular and plural pikante)
References edit
- “pikant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
pikant (masculine and feminine pikant, neuter pikant, definite singular and plural pikante, comparative pikantare, indefinite superlative pikantast, definite superlative pikantaste)
References edit
- “pikant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
pikant (comparative pikantare, superlative pikantast)
- piquant (of taste, or titillating more generally, especially in a (somewhat) scandalous way)
- 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:
- ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.
- Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].
Declension edit
Inflection of pikant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | pikant | pikantare | pikantast |
Neuter singular | pikant | pikantare | pikantast |
Plural | pikanta | pikantare | pikantast |
Masculine plural3 | pikante | pikantare | pikantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | pikante | pikantare | pikantaste |
All | pikanta | pikantare | pikantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References edit
- pikant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pikant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pikant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- pikant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)