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kysk

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski, cognate with German keusch, Dutch kuis, Old English cūsċ. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kysk/, [ˈkʰysɡ̊]

Adjective

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kysk (plural and definite singular attributive kyske)

  1. chaste

Inflection

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Inflection of kysk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular kysk kyskere kyskest2
Indefinite neuter singular kysk kyskere kyskest2
Plural kyske kyskere kyskest2
Definite attributive1 kyske kyskere kyskeste
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.

Middle English

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Noun

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kysk

  1. Alternative form of kex

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Adjective

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kysk (indefinite singular kysk, definite singular and plural kyske)

  1. chaste

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Adjective

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kysk (indefinite singular kysk, definite singular and plural kyske)

  1. chaste

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish kysker, from Latin conscius. Cognate to Norwegian kysk, Danish kysk, German keusch.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kysk (comparative kyskare, superlative kyskast)

  1. chaste

Declension

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Inflection of kysk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kysk kyskare kyskast
Neuter singular kyskt kyskare kyskast
Plural kyska kyskare kyskast
Masculine plural3 kyske kyskare kyskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kyske kyskare kyskaste
All kyska kyskare kyskaste
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

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