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markant

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French marquant.

Adjective

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markant (neuter markant, plural and definite singular attributive markante)

  1. significant, prominent, notable, marked
    Synonyms: fremtrædende, prominent, markeret

Inflection

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Inflection of markant
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular markant mere markant mest markant2
indefinite neuter singular markant mere markant mest markant2
plural markante mere markant mest markant2
definite attributive1 markante mere markant mest markante

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.

See also

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Adverb

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markant

  1. markedly, significantly
    Synonym: væsentlig

References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marquant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɑrˈkɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mar‧kant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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markant (comparative markanter, superlative markantst)

  1. striking, distinctive

Declension

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Declension of markant
uninflected markant
inflected markante
comparative markanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial markant markanter het markantst
het markantste
indefinite m./f. sing. markante markantere markantste
n. sing. markant markanter markantste
plural markante markantere markantste
definite markante markantere markantste
partitive markants markanters

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French marquant.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /maʁˈkant/, [maʁˈkant], [maɐ̯ˈkant] (standard)
    • IPA(key): /maˈkant/ (common; chiefly northern and central Germany)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ant

    Adjective

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    markant (strong nominative masculine singular markanter, comparative markanter, superlative am markantesten)

    1. distinctive (easily identifiable)
    2. striking (individual and impressive)
      Synonyms: auffallend, ausgeprägt, hervorstechend
      markante Stimmestriking voice

    Declension

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    Further reading

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    • markant” in Duden online
    • markant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French marquant, the present participle of marquer.

    Adjective

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    markant (comparative markantare, superlative markantast)

    1. striking, prominent

    Declension

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    Inflection of markant
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular markant markantare markantast
    neuter singular markant markantare markantast
    plural markanta markantare markantast
    masculine plural2 markante markantare markantast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 markante markantare markantaste
    all markanta markantare markantaste

    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.

    Adverb

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    markant (comparative markantare, superlative markantast)

    1. markedly, significantly

    References

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