absint
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈapsɪnt]
Declension
Dutch

Een glas absint.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch absinthium, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑpˈsɪnt/
absint (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧sint
- Rhymes: -ɪnt
Derived terms
Further reading
absint on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Estonian
Etymology
From German Absinth, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).
Declension
Declension of absint (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | absint | absindid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | absindi | ||
genitive | absintide | ||
partitive | absinti | absinte absintisid | |
illative | absinti absindisse |
absintidesse absindesse | |
inessive | absindis | absintides absindes | |
elative | absindist | absintidest absindest | |
allative | absindile | absintidele absindele | |
adessive | absindil | absintidel absindel | |
ablative | absindilt | absintidelt absindelt | |
translative | absindiks | absintideks absindeks | |
terminative | absindini | absintideni | |
essive | absindina | absintidena | |
abessive | absindita | absintideta | |
comitative | absindiga | absintidega |
Latin
Norwegian Bokmål

A glass of absinthe, with the characteristic absinthe spoon.
Etymology
From French absinthe (“absinthe, wormwood”), from Latin absinthium (“wormwood”), from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood, vermouth”), from a Pre-Greek source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈsɪnt/, /apˈsɪnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnt
- Hyphenation: ab‧sint
Noun
absint m (definite singular absinten, indefinite plural absinter, definite plural absintene)
- absinth or absinthe (a distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs)
- 1889, Hans Jæger, Novelletter, page 111:
- Vera! enten dette naa er siste gang jei faar lov aa se Dem eller ikke – kan De ikke i ethvert fald naa bli her en stund og drikke en absinth sammen me mei – og saa gaa hjem landevejen siden?
- Vera! whether this is now the last time you are allowed to see you or not - can you not at least now stay here for a while and drink an absinthe with me - and then go home by road afterwards?
- 1907, Nils Collett Vogt, September-Brand, page 71:
- mod kvæld, naar absinthen frister
- towards evening, when the absinthe tempts
- 1919, Olaf Bull, Mit Navn er Knoph, page 64:
- – Stop nu, sa Hans Bleng, da han saa, at Peter stak sterkt paa den anden absint. To absinter er tilstrækkelig, men nødvendig for dig. Drikker du mere, kan du ikke holde rede i de traade, jeg har spundet
- "Stop now," said Hans Bleng, when he saw that Peter was sticking strongly on the other absinthe. Two absinthe is sufficient but necessary for you. If you drink more, you can not keep track of the threads I have spun
- 1957, Herman Wildenvey, Samlede Dikt I (1957), page 91:
- jeg ble så plakat som en liten affiche på en kro mellom grønne absinter
- I became such a poster as a small poster on an inn between green absinthe
- 1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 189:
- [Munch] finner kroken sin ledig, absinthen er servert, sigaretten er i full fart
- [Munch] finds his hook free, the absinthe is served, the cigarette is at full speed
- 2004, Bertrand Besigye, Svastikastjernen, page 16:
- grønn absint som jeg dyppet sjokoladekaker i
- green absinthe in which I dipped chocolate cakes
Derived terms
- absintgrønn
- absintplante
- absintskje
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from French absinthe, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).
Noun
absint m (definite singular absinten, indefinite plural absintar, definite plural absintane)
Related terms
References
- “absint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Declension
Declension of absint | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | absint | absinten | absinter | absinterna |
Genitive | absints | absintens | absinters | absinternas |
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