forkert

Danish

Etymology

From the past participle to the archaic forkere (change, turn, distort), from Middle Low German vorkēren (wrong turn), cf. German kehren ‘turn, return’ and verkehrt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrkeːrt/, [fʌˈkʰeɐ̯ˀd̥]

Adjective

forkert

  1. wrong
  2. (adverbial) wrongly, wrong, erroneously

Inflection

Inflection of forkert
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular forkert 2
Neuter singular forkert 2
Plural forkerte 2
Definite attributive1 forkerte
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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