spektakel
See also: Spektakel
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From German Spektakel, from Latin spectaculum (“show”).
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Noun edit
spektakel n (singular definite spektaklet, plural indefinite spektakler)
- (uncountable) noise, din
- (mostly plural) disturbances
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Declension of spektakel
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spektakel | spektaklet | spektakler | spektaklerne |
genitive | spektakels | spektaklets | spektaklers | spektaklernes |
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old French spectacle, from Latin spectaculum (“a show, spectacle”), from spectare (“to see, behold”), frequentative of specere (“to see”). See species.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spektakel n (plural spektakels, diminutive spektakeltje n)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin spectaculum.
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Noun edit
spektakel n
- a spectacle, a scene
- Ställ inte till något spektakel
- Don't make a scene
- Det var ett roligt och charmerande spektakel
- It was a fun and charming spectacle
- (dated) a spectacle (laughing stock)
- göra sig till spektakel
- make a spectacle of oneself
- Med spott och spe och skymf och kränkningar. / På öppna torg man förde mig ikring / Som ett spektakel inför allmänheten. (Translation by Hagberg)
- With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts. / In open market-place produced they me, / To be a public spectacle to all: (Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 1, act 1, scene 4)
- (dated) a show, a theatre play
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Declension of spektakel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | spektakel | spektaklet | spektakel | spektaklen |
Genitive | spektakels | spektaklets | spektakels | spektaklens |
Declension of spektakel (dated) plural -er | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | spektakel | spektaklet | spektakler | spektaklerna |
Genitive | spektakels | spektaklets | spektaklers | spektaklernas |