See also: Delikat

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French délicat (delicate), from Latin dēlicātus (delightful, delicate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /delikaːt/, [d̥eliˈkʰæːˀd̥]

Adjective

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delikat (plural and definite singular attributive delikate)

  1. exquisite
  2. delicate

Inflection

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Inflection of delikat
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular delikat 2
indefinite neuter singular delikat 2
plural delikate 2
definite attributive1 delikate

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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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French délicat, from Latin dēlicātus.

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delikat (strong nominative masculine singular delikater, comparative delikater, superlative am delikatesten)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Polish: delikatny
  • Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)

Further reading

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  • delikat” in Duden online
  • delikat”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French délicat, from Latin delicatus.

Adjective

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delikat (indefinite singular delikat, definite singular and plural delikate)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious, tasty

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French délicat, from Latin delicatus.

Adjective

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delikat (indefinite singular delikat, definite singular and plural delikate)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious, tasty

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Polish

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus.[1] First attested in 1566.[2]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /dɛˈli.kat/
    • Rhymes: -ikat
    • Syllabification: de‧li‧kat

    Noun

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    delikat m pers (diminutive delikacik)

    1. (obsolete) delicate person

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    References

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    1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “delikat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
    2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “delikat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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    Swedish

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    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    delikat (comparative delikatare, superlative delikatast)

    1. delicious
    2. delicate

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    Inflection of delikat
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular delikat delikatare delikatast
    neuter singular delikat delikatare delikatast
    plural delikata delikatare delikatast
    masculine plural2 delikate delikatare delikatast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 delikate delikatare delikataste
    all delikata delikatare delikataste

    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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