sikker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German seker, from Old Saxon sikur, sikor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure, unworried”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈseɡ̊ɐ]

Adjective

sikker

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

Inflection
Inflection of sikker
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sikker sikrere sikrest2
Indefinite neuter singular sikkert sikrere sikrest2
Plural sikre sikrere sikrest2
Definite attributive1 sikre sikrere sikreste
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

Descendants
  • → Icelandic: sikker
  • → Norwegian: sikker

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שיכּור (shiker), from Hebrew שִׁיכֺּור (šikkōr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.kər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sik‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɪkər

Adjective

sikker (comparative sikkerder, superlative sikkerst)

  1. Alternative form of sjikker.

Inflection
Inflection of sikker
uninflected sikker
inflected sikkere
comparative sikkerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sikkersikkerderhet sikkerst
het sikkerste
indefinite m./f. sing. sikkeresikkerderesikkerste
n. sing. sikkersikkerdersikkerste
plural sikkeresikkerderesikkerste
definite sikkeresikkerderesikkerste
partitive sikkerssikkerders—

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Adjective

sikker

  1. (informal, dated) sure, certain

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Adjective

sikker (masculine and feminine sikker, neuter sikkert, definite singular and plural sikre, comparative sikrere, indefinite superlative sikrest, definite superlative sikreste)

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkːər/

Adjective

sikker (neuter singular sikkert, definite singular and plural sikre, comparative sikrare, indefinite superlative sikrast, definite superlative sikraste)

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

Derived terms

References
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