spontan
Albanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spontan (feminine spontane)
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin spontāneus, from Latin sponte (suā) (“of one's free will, voluntarily”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spontan (strong nominative masculine singular spontaner, comparative spontaner, superlative am spontansten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spontan | sie ist spontan | es ist spontan | sie sind spontan | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spontaner | spontane | spontanes | spontane |
genitive | spontanen | spontaner | spontanen | spontaner | |
dative | spontanem | spontaner | spontanem | spontanen | |
accusative | spontanen | spontane | spontanes | spontane | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spontane | die spontane | das spontane | die spontanen |
genitive | des spontanen | der spontanen | des spontanen | der spontanen | |
dative | dem spontanen | der spontanen | dem spontanen | den spontanen | |
accusative | den spontanen | die spontane | das spontane | die spontanen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spontaner | eine spontane | ein spontanes | (keine) spontanen |
genitive | eines spontanen | einer spontanen | eines spontanen | (keiner) spontanen | |
dative | einem spontanen | einer spontanen | einem spontanen | (keinen) spontanen | |
accusative | einen spontanen | eine spontane | ein spontanes | (keine) spontanen |
Further reading edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch spontaan, from German spontan, from Latin spontāneus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spontan
- spontaneous:
- self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
- Synonym: serta merta
- done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
- Synonym: wajar
- self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “spontan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
spontan (neuter singular spontant, definite singular and plural spontane)
- spontaneous
- en spontan abort - a miscarriage (also spontanabort)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
spontan (neuter singular spontant, definite singular and plural spontane)
- spontaneous
- ein spontan abort - a miscarriage (also spontanabort)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French spontané, from Latin spontaneus.
Adjective edit
spontan m or n (feminine singular spontană, masculine plural spontani, feminine and neuter plural spontane)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | spontan | spontană | spontani | spontane | ||
definite | spontanul | spontana | spontanii | spontanele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | spontan | spontane | spontani | spontane | ||
definite | spontanului | spontanei | spontanilor | spontanelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spȍntān (definite spȍntānī, comparative spontaniji, Cyrillic spelling спо̏нта̄н)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | spontan | spontana | spontano | |
genitive | spontana | spontane | spontana | |
dative | spontanu | spontanoj | spontanu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
spontan spontana |
spontanu | spontano |
vocative | spontan | spontana | spontano | |
locative | spontanu | spontanoj | spontanu | |
instrumental | spontanim | spontanom | spontanim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | spontani | spontane | spontana | |
genitive | spontanih | spontanih | spontanih | |
dative | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | |
accusative | spontane | spontane | spontana | |
vocative | spontani | spontane | spontana | |
locative | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | |
instrumental | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | spontani | spontana | spontano | |
genitive | spontanog(a) | spontane | spontanog(a) | |
dative | spontanom(u/e) | spontanoj | spontanom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
spontani spontanog(a) |
spontanu | spontano |
vocative | spontani | spontana | spontano | |
locative | spontanom(e/u) | spontanoj | spontanom(e/u) | |
instrumental | spontanim | spontanom | spontanim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | spontani | spontane | spontana | |
genitive | spontanih | spontanih | spontanih | |
dative | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | |
accusative | spontane | spontane | spontana | |
vocative | spontani | spontane | spontana | |
locative | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | |
instrumental | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) | spontanim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | spontaniji | spontanija | spontanije | |
genitive | spontanijeg(a) | spontanije | spontanijeg(a) | |
dative | spontanijem(u) | spontanijoj | spontanijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
spontaniji spontanijeg(a) |
spontaniju | spontanije |
vocative | spontaniji | spontanija | spontanije | |
locative | spontanijem(u) | spontanijoj | spontanijem(u) | |
instrumental | spontanijim | spontanijom | spontanijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | spontaniji | spontanije | spontanija | |
genitive | spontanijih | spontanijih | spontanijih | |
dative | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) | |
accusative | spontanije | spontanije | spontanija | |
vocative | spontaniji | spontanije | spontanija | |
locative | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) | |
instrumental | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) | spontanijim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najspontaniji | najspontanija | najspontanije | |
genitive | najspontanijeg(a) | najspontanije | najspontanijeg(a) | |
dative | najspontanijem(u) | najspontanijoj | najspontanijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najspontaniji najspontanijeg(a) |
najspontaniju | najspontanije |
vocative | najspontaniji | najspontanija | najspontanije | |
locative | najspontanijem(u) | najspontanijoj | najspontanijem(u) | |
instrumental | najspontanijim | najspontanijom | najspontanijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najspontaniji | najspontanije | najspontanija | |
genitive | najspontanijih | najspontanijih | najspontanijih | |
dative | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) | |
accusative | najspontanije | najspontanije | najspontanija | |
vocative | najspontaniji | najspontanije | najspontanija | |
locative | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) | |
instrumental | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) | najspontanijim(a) |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin spontaneus.
Adjective edit
spontan (comparative spontanare, superlative spontanast)
Declension edit
Inflection of spontan | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | spontan | spontanare | spontanast |
Neuter singular | spontant | spontanare | spontanast |
Plural | spontana | spontanare | spontanast |
Masculine plural3 | spontane | spontanare | spontanast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | spontane | spontanare | spontanaste |
All | spontana | spontanare | spontanaste |
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 edit
- spontanitet (“spontaneity”)
References edit
- spontan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spontan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spontan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spontan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)