faktisk

Danish

Etymology

From faktum (“fact”) +‎ -isk, influenced by German faktisch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faktisk/, [ˈfɑɡ̊d̥isɡ̊], in fast speech IPA(key): /faɡtisk/, [ˈfɑɣd̥isɡ̊] or IPA(key): [ˈfɑɾisɡ̊].

Adjective

faktisk (neuter faktisk, plural and definite singular attributive faktiske)

  1. actual, real
  2. (rare) factual
  3. (adverbial) actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, really

Inflection
Inflection of faktisk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular faktisk — —2
Indefinite neuter singular faktisk — —2
Plural faktiske — —2
Definite attributive1 faktiske — —
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.

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German faktisch and the Bokmål noun faktum.

Adjective

faktisk (neuter singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

  1. actual, real

Adverb

faktisk

  1. actually

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German faktisch and the noun faktum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaktisk/

Adjective

faktisk (indefinite singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

  1. actual, real

Synonyms

Adverb

faktisk

  1. actually
    Det veit eg faktisk ikkje.
    I actually don't know that.

References

Swedish

Etymology

faktum +‎ -isk

Adjective

faktisk

  1. actual, real
    Det låter för otroligt för att vara sant, men det är faktiska vittnesuppgifter
    It sounds too incredible to be true, but those are actual witness testimonies
    Du kanske tror att jag hittat på det här, men det är faktisk data
    You might think I've made this up, but it's actual data
    De faktiska kostnaderna är mycket högre än man tror
    The actual costs are much higher than people think

Declension
Inflection of faktisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular faktisk — —
Neuter singular faktiskt — —
Plural faktiska — —
Masculine plural3 faktiske — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 faktiske — —
All faktiska — —
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

References
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