etnisk
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos).
Adjective edit
etnisk
- ethnic
- (nonstandard) belonging to some non-Western ethnicity
- 2008, Anders Ejrnæs, Integration eller isolation, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 93:
- ... at kvinder, og især etniske kvinder, egner sig til omsorgssektoren, fordi de i højere grad er vant til at tage sig af familie og børn.
- ... that women, and non-Western women in particular, are suited for the care sector because they are more used to caring for family and children.
- 2017, Julie Hastrup, Det blinde punkt, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
- ... en sag, hvor en ung etnisk mand var målet.«
- ... a case in which a young non-Western man was the target."
Usage notes edit
Notice that in some contexts, the existence of the second sense may render this term contranymous. For example, etnisk dansker ordinarily means "ethnic Dane", i.e. someone of Danish ethnicity, but employing the second definition, it could be read as "Dane descended from non-Western immigrants".
Inflection edit
Inflection of etnisk | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | etnisk | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | etnisk | — | —2 |
Plural | etniske | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | etniske | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “etnisk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)
References edit
- “etnisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
etnisk (neuter singular etnisk, definite singular and plural etniske)
References edit
- “etnisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós) and ἔθνος (éthnos), cognate with German ethnisch, English ethnic, used in Swedish since 1864.
Adjective edit
etnisk (not comparable)
- ethnic (of or relating to a group of people of common background)
- ethnic (belonging to a foreign culture)
- etnisk mat, etniska livsmedel
- ethnic food
Declension edit
Inflection of etnisk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | etnisk | — | — |
Neuter singular | etniskt | — | — |
Plural | etniska | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | etniske | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | etniske | — | — |
All | etniska | — | — |
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
References edit
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