framsynt
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From fram (“forward”) + synt (“sighted”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
framsynt (masculine and feminine framsynt, neuter framsynt, definite singular and plural framsynte, comparative meir framsynt, superlative mest framsynt)
- foresighted, farsighted (planning well for the future)
- 1894, Matias Skard, (translated from Siegwart Petersen), "Ei liti illustrerad Noregs soga fyre folkeskulen"
- […] fleire framsynte menner tenkte alt daa, at det var betre, at Noreg og Sverike kom i samband, naar dei tillike let Noreg faa ein fri riksskipnad.
- […] several foresighted men already then thought it would be better that Norway and Sweden were united, when they also let Norway have a free constitution.
- 1894, Matias Skard, (translated from Siegwart Petersen), "Ei liti illustrerad Noregs soga fyre folkeskulen"
References edit
- “framsynt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
framsynt (comparative framsyntare, superlative framsyntast)
- that (correctly) predicts future developments (and plans for them)
- forward-looking, forward-thinking
- framsynt politik
- forward-looking policies
- far-sighted
- Det skulle visa sig vara ett mycket framsynt beslut tio år senare
- It would turn out to be a very far-sighted decision ten years later
- en framsynt investerare som tidigt såg var världen var på väg
- a far-sighted investor who saw early on where the world was headed
- prescient
- en framsynt artikel som identifierade de kommande problemen långt före alla andra
- a prescient article that identified the coming problems long before anyone else
- forward-looking, forward-thinking
Declension edit
| Inflection of framsynt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | framsynt | framsyntare | framsyntast |
| Neuter singular | framsynt | framsyntare | framsyntast |
| Plural | framsynta | framsyntare | framsyntast |
| Masculine plural3 | framsynte | framsyntare | framsyntast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | framsynte | framsyntare | framsyntaste |
| All | framsynta | framsyntare | framsyntaste |
| 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 | |||