historisk

Danish

Adjective

historisk

  1. historic
  2. historical

Inflection

Inflection of historisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular historisk 2
indefinite neuter singular historisk 2
plural historiske 2
definite attributive1 historiske

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin historicus, via German historisch.

Adjective

historisk (neuter singular historisk, definite singular and plural historiske)

  1. historic
  2. historical

Derived terms

Adverb

historisk

  1. historically

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin historicus, via German historisch.

Adjective

historisk (neuter singular historisk, definite singular and plural historiske)

  1. historic
  2. historical

Derived terms

Adverb

historisk

  1. historically

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin historicus, equivalent to historia +‎ -isk.

Adjective

historisk

  1. historic
    • 2023 May 14, TT, “Efter Loreens seger – SVT förbereder för nästa år”, in Aftonbladet[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2025:
      – Det här är en historisk seger.
      "This is a historic victory."
  2. historical
    Den historiske Jesus var en judisk rabbin.
    The historical Jesus was a Jewish rabbi.
    • 1928, Nathan Söderblom, Kristi pinas historia[2], Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses bokförlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 3 August 2025, page 447:
      Vad mena[r] vi med ett historiskt faktum?
      What do we mean by a historical fact?

Declension

Inflection of historisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular historisk mer historisk mest historisk
neuter singular historiskt mer historiskt mest historiskt
plural historiska mer historiska mest historiska
masculine plural2 historiske mer historiska mest historiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 historiske mer historiske mest historiske
all historiska mer historiska mest historiska

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.

Derived terms

References

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