abstrus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.stʁy/
  • (file)

Adjective

abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)

  1. (literary, derogatory) abstruse
    Synonym: abscons

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [apˈstʁuːs]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective

abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)

  1. abstruse

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

Adverb

abstrus

  1. abstrusely

Further reading

  • abstrus” in Duden online
  • abstrus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French abstrus.

Adjective

abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine and neuter plural abstruse)

  1. abstruse

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin abstrusus.

Adjective

abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)

  1. abstruse, difficult to understand
  2. nebulous, obscure, mysterious

Inflection

Inflection of abstrus
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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