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sikker

sikker

Danish

Adjective

sikker

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

Inflection

Inflection of sikker
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular sikker sikrere sikrest2
Neuter singular sikkert sikrere sikrest2
Plural sikre sikrere sikrest2
Definite attributive1 sikre sikrere sikreste
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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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Yiddish שיכּור (shiker), from Hebrew שִׁיכֺּור (šikkōr).

Adjective

sikker (comparative sikkerder, superlative sikkerst)

  1. drunk, loaded, intoxicated

Inflection

Inflection of sikker
uninflected sikker
inflected sikkere
comparative sikkerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sikker sikkerder het sikkerst
het sikkerste
indefinite m./f. sing. sikkere sikkerdere sikkerste
n. sing. sikker sikkerder sikkerste
plural sikkere sikkerdere sikkerste
definite sikkere sikkerdere sikkerste
partitive sikkers sikkerders

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Adjective

sikker

  1. (informal, dated) sure, certain

Synonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Adjective

sikker (neuter singular sikkert, definite singular and plural sikre, comparative sikrere, indefinite superlative sikrest, definite superlative sikreste)

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Latin sēcūrus “secure, unworried”.

Adjective

sikker (neuter singular sikkert, definite singular and plural sikre, comparative sikrare, indefinite superlative sikrast, definite superlative sikraste)

  1. safe, secure
  2. sure, certain

Derived terms

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