faktisk

Danish

Etymology

From faktum (“fact”) +‎ -isk, influenced by German faktisch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faktisk/, [ˈfɑɡ̊d̥isɡ̊], in fast speech IPA(key): /faɡtisk/, [ˈfɑɣd̥isɡ̊] or IPA(key): [ˈfɑɾisɡ̊].

Adjective

faktisk

  1. actual, real
  2. (rare) factual
  3. (adverbial) actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, really

Inflection
Inflection of faktisk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular faktisk — —2
Neuter singular faktisk — —2
Plural faktiske — —2
Definite attributive1 faktiske — —
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.

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German faktisch and the Bokmål noun faktum

Adjective

faktisk (neuter singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

  1. actual, real

Adverb

faktisk

  1. actually

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German faktisch and the noun faktum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaktisk/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

faktisk (indefinite singular faktisk, definite singular and plural faktiske)

  1. actual, real

Synonyms

Adverb

faktisk

  1. actually
    Det veit eg faktisk ikkje.
    I actually don't know that.

References

Swedish

Etymology

faktum +‎ -isk

Adjective

faktisk

  1. factual, true, correct

Declension
Inflection of faktisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular faktisk — —
Neuter singular faktiskt — —
Plural faktiska — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 faktiske — —
All faktiska — —
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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