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Etymology

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Schiller +‎ -sk

Adjective

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schillersk (not comparable)

  1. Schillerian, belonging or pertaining to someone named Schiller, in particular the German poet Friedrich Schiller
    ..., som af honom förlades till ett af schillersk idealism skapadt forntida Hellas.
    ..., which he placed in an ancient Greece, based on Schillerian idealism.

Usage notes

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  • Schillerska gymnasiet is a secondary school in Gothenburg which has its name from its founder Axel Lewton Schiller. This is one rare instance where the adjective doesn't refer to Friedrich Schiller.

Declension

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Inflection of schillersk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular schillersk
Neuter singular schillerskt
Plural schillerska
Masculine plural3 schillerske
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 schillerske
All schillerska
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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