Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Cognate of German semantisch, French sémantique. First attested in 1935.

Adjective

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semantisk (comparative mer semantisk, superlative mest semantisk)

  1. semantic

Declension

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Inflection of semantisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular semantisk mer semantisk mest semantisk
Neuter singular semantiskt mer semantiskt mest semantiskt
Plural semantiska mer semantiska mest semantiska
Masculine plural3 semantiske mer semantiska mest semantiska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 semantiske mer semantiske mest semantiske
All semantiska mer semantiska mest semantiska
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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