spartansk

Danish

Etymology

Via German spartanisch and Latin Spartānus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sb̥ɑˈtˢæˀnsɡ̊]

Adjective

spartansk (plural and definite singular attributive spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
2. Spartan (relating to the Ancient Greek city of Sparta)

References

• “spartansk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

• “spartansk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

spartansk (neuter singular spartansk, definite singular and plural spartanske)

1. spartan (austere, without comfort or luxury)
2. Spartan (relating to Sparta)

References

• “spartansk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

spartansk (comparative mer spartansk, superlative mest spartansk)

1. Spartan (relating to Sparta or its citizens)
2. spartan (ascetic)

   en spartansk måltid

   a spartan meal

Declension

Inflection of spartansk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	spartansk	mer spartansk	mest spartansk
Neuter singular	spartanskt	mer spartanskt	mest spartanskt
Plural	spartanska	mer spartanska	mest spartanska
Masculine plural3	spartanske	mer spartanska	mest spartanska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	spartanske	mer spartanske	mest spartanske
All	spartanska	mer spartanska	mest spartanska
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

Related terms

• Sparta

References

• spartansk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spartansk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spartansk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)