kategorisk

Danish

Etymology

From kategori +‎ -sk.

Adjective

kategorisk (plural and definite singular attributive kategoriske)

1. categorical

Inflection

Inflection of kategorisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	kategorisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	kategorisk	—	—2
plural	kategoriske	—	—2
definite attributive1	kategoriske	—	—

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.

Further reading

• “kategorisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

From kategori +‎ -sk.

Adjective

kategorisk (comparative mer kategorisk, superlative mest kategorisk)

1. categorical

   att kategoriskt avfärda något

   to categorically dismiss something

Declension

Inflection of kategorisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kategorisk	mer kategorisk	mest kategorisk
neuter singular	kategoriskt	mer kategoriskt	mest kategoriskt
plural	kategoriska	mer kategoriska	mest kategoriska
masculine plural2	kategoriske	mer kategoriska	mest kategoriska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kategoriske	mer kategoriske	mest kategoriske
all	kategoriska	mer kategoriska	mest kategoriska

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.

Related terms

• kategori
• kategorisera
• kategorisering

Further reading

• kategorisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kategorisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kategorisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)