praktisch

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • practisch (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from German praktisch. The adverb meaning “almost always” is a semantic loan from English practically.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑk.tis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: prak‧tisch
  • Rhymes: -ɑktis

Adjective

praktisch (comparative praktischer, superlative meest praktisch)

  1. practical

Inflection

Declension of praktisch
uninflected praktisch
inflected praktische
comparative praktischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial praktischpraktischerhet praktischt
het praktischte
indefinite m./f. sing. praktischepraktischerepraktischte
n. sing. praktischpraktischerpraktischte
plural praktischepraktischerepraktischte
definite praktischepraktischerepraktischte
partitive praktischpraktischers

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: prakties
  • Indonesian: praktis
    • Malay: praktis
    • Sundanese: ᮕ᮪ᮛᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮞ᮪ (praktis)

Adverb

praktisch

  1. practically, virtually (almost always)

Synonyms

Descendants

German

Etymology

From Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʁaktɪʃ/
  • (file)

Adjective

praktisch (strong nominative masculine singular praktischer, comparative praktischer, superlative am praktischsten)

  1. practical
    Antonym: unpraktisch
  2. applied
    Antonym: theoretisch
  3. convenient

Declension

Descendants

Adverb

praktisch

  1. virtually (almost but not quite)

Further reading

  • praktisch” in Duden online
  • praktisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpraktiʃ/

Adjective

praktisch

  1. practical

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.