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Etymology

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Latin Spartānus with -isch replacing Latin -us. Analysable as Sparta +‎ -isch with -an- from Latin -ānus and analogy

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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spartanisch (strong nominative masculine singular spartanischer, comparative spartanischer, superlative am spartanischsten)

  1. (relational) Spartan

Declension

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Further reading

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  • spartanisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spartanisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon