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Etymology

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Borrowed from German historisch, borrowed from Latin historicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós). The form borrowed from German replaced earlier forms ending on the equivalent of -lijk. By surface analysis, historie +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɪsˈtoː.ris/
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  • Rhymes: -oːris
  • Hyphenation: his‧to‧risch

Adjective

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historisch (not comparable)

  1. historical

Inflection

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Declension of historisch
uninflected historisch
inflected historische
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial historisch
indefinite m./f. sing. historische
n. sing. historisch
plural historische
definite historische
partitive historisch

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: historis

German

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Etymology

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From Latin historicus + German suffix -isch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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historisch (strong nominative masculine singular historischer, comparative historischer, superlative am historischsten)

  1. historical, historic
    Synonym: geschichtlich

Declension

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Adverb

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historisch

  1. historically
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