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offentlig

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German öffentlich (public) (earlier also written offentlich), derived from the adjective German offen (open), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz, cf. Danish åben, English open.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈʌfənd̥li], [ˈʌfn̩li]

Adjective

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offentlig

  1. public

Inflection

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Inflection of offentlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular offentlig 2
indefinite neuter singular offentligt 2
plural offentlige 2
definite attributive1 offentlige

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German öffentlich.

Adjective

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offentlig (neuter singular offentlig, definite singular and plural offentlige)

  1. public

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German öffentlich, from Middle High German offen, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Cognate with Swedish öppen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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offentlig

  1. public (pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people)

Declension

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Inflection of offentlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular offentlig
neuter singular offentligt
plural offentliga
masculine plural2 offentlige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 offentlige
all offentliga

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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