abstrus
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.stʁy/
Audio (file)
Adjective
abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)
- (literary, derogatory) abstruse
- Synonym: abscons
Further reading
- “abstrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [apˈstʁuːs]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːs
Adjective
abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)
Usage notes
A large portion of German speakers confounds this with absurd or believes both to have the same meaning. The meaning "difficult to understand, unclear" is almost never applied in everyday speech.
Declension
Positive forms of abstrus
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist abstrus | sie ist abstrus | es ist abstrus | sie sind abstrus | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | abstruser | abstruse | abstruses | abstruse |
genitive | abstrusen | abstruser | abstrusen | abstruser | |
dative | abstrusem | abstruser | abstrusem | abstrusen | |
accusative | abstrusen | abstruse | abstruses | abstruse | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der abstruse | die abstruse | das abstruse | die abstrusen |
genitive | des abstrusen | der abstrusen | des abstrusen | der abstrusen | |
dative | dem abstrusen | der abstrusen | dem abstrusen | den abstrusen | |
accusative | den abstrusen | die abstruse | das abstruse | die abstrusen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein abstruser | eine abstruse | ein abstruses | (keine) abstrusen |
genitive | eines abstrusen | einer abstrusen | eines abstrusen | (keiner) abstrusen | |
dative | einem abstrusen | einer abstrusen | einem abstrusen | (keinen) abstrusen | |
accusative | einen abstrusen | eine abstruse | ein abstruses | (keine) abstrusen |
Comparative forms of abstrus
Superlative forms of abstrus
Romanian
Adjective
abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine and neuter plural abstruse)
Declension
Declension of abstrus
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | abstrus | abstrusă | abstruși | abstruse | ||
definite | abstrusul | abstrusa | abstrușii | abstrusele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | abstrus | abstruse | abstruși | abstruse | ||
definite | abstrusului | abstrusei | abstrușilor | abstruselor |
Swedish
Adjective
abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)
- abstruse, difficult to understand
- nebulous, obscure, mysterious
Inflection
Inflection of abstrus | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | abstrus | abstrusare | abstrusast |
Neuter singular | abstrust | abstrusare | abstrusast |
Plural | abstrusa | abstrusare | abstrusast |
Masculine plural3 | abstruse | abstrusare | abstrusast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | abstruse | abstrusare | abstrusaste |
All | abstrusa | abstrusare | abstrusaste |
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 |
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