praktisch

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • practisch (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from German praktisch. The adverb meaning “almost always” is a semantic loan from English practically.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑk.tis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: prak‧tisch
  • Rhymes: -ɑktis

Adjective

praktisch (comparative praktischer, superlative meest praktisch or praktischt)

  1. practical

Inflection

Inflection of praktisch
uninflected praktisch
inflected praktische
comparative praktischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial praktischpraktischerhet praktischt
het praktischte
indefinite m./f. sing. praktischepraktischerepraktischte
n. sing. praktischpraktischerpraktischte
plural praktischepraktischerepraktischte
definite praktischepraktischerepraktischte
partitive praktischpraktischers

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

praktisch

  1. practically, virtually (almost always)

Synonyms


German

Etymology

From Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

praktisch (comparative praktischer, superlative am praktischsten)

  1. practical
    Antonym: unpraktisch
  2. applied
    Antonym: theoretisch
  3. convenient

Descendants

Declension

Adverb

praktisch

  1. virtually (almost but not quite)

Further reading

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