prosaisk

Danish

Etymology

From German prosaisch, from Medieval Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prosajisk/, [pʰʁ̥oˈsɑjˀisɡ̊]

Adjective

prosaisk

1. prosaic
2. mundane
3. (adverbial) prosaically

Inflection

Inflection of prosaisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	prosaisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	prosaisk	—	—2
plural	prosaiske	—	—2
definite attributive1	prosaiske	—	—

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.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa. Attested since 1780. Cognate of German prosaisch, French prosaïque.

Adjective

prosaisk (comparative mer prosaisk, superlative mest prosaisk)

1. prosaic

   Synonyms: vardaglig, saklig, torr

Declension

Inflection of prosaisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	prosaisk	mer prosaisk	mest prosaisk
neuter singular	prosaiskt	mer prosaiskt	mest prosaiskt
plural	prosaiska	mer prosaiska	mest prosaiska
masculine plural2	prosaiske	mer prosaiska	mest prosaiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	prosaiske	mer prosaiske	mest prosaiske
all	prosaiska	mer prosaiska	mest prosaiska

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

• prosa

References

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