absolut
See also: absolüt
English
Etymology
Derived from advertising for Absolut Vodka, which was in turn intended to capture the exotic sense of the brand's Swedish origin.
Adjective
absolut
- (slang) absolute, usually in reference to something represented as trendy, popular, or cutting-edge. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Catalan
Derived terms
- en absolut
Further reading
- “absolut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apzoˈluːt/, [ʔapz̥oˈluːtʰ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧so‧lut
- Rhymes: -uːt
Declension
Declension of absolut
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist absolut | sie ist absolut | es ist absolut | sie sind absolut | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | absoluter | absolute | absolutes | absolute |
| genitive | absoluten | absoluter | absoluten | absoluter | |
| dative | absolutem | absoluter | absolutem | absoluten | |
| accusative | absoluten | absolute | absolutes | absolute | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der absolute | die absolute | das absolute | die absoluten |
| genitive | des absoluten | der absoluten | des absoluten | der absoluten | |
| dative | dem absoluten | der absoluten | dem absoluten | den absoluten | |
| accusative | den absoluten | die absolute | das absolute | die absoluten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein absoluter | eine absolute | ein absolutes | (keine) absoluten |
| genitive | eines absoluten | einer absoluten | eines absoluten | (keiner) absoluten | |
| dative | einem absoluten | einer absoluten | einem absoluten | (keinen) absoluten | |
| accusative | einen absoluten | eine absolute | ein absolutes | (keine) absoluten | |
Antonyms
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.soˈlut/, /ap.soˈlut/
Adjective
absolut m or n (feminine singular absolută, masculine plural absoluți, feminine and neuter plural absolute)
Further reading
- absolut in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Declension
| Inflection of absolut | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | absolut | — | — |
| Neuter singular | absolut | — | — |
| Plural | absoluta | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | absolute | — | — |
| All | absoluta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
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