djurisk

Swedish

Etymology

djur (“animal”) +‎ -isk (“-ish”)

Adjective

djurisk (comparative mer djurisk, superlative mest djurisk)

1. animal, animalistic (like an animal in acting on impulses, being unhindered by social codes, etc., usually of a human)

   Han är djurisk

   He's an animal

   djuriska drifter

   animal urges

Inflection

Inflection of djurisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	djurisk	mer djurisk	mest djurisk
Neuter singular	djuriskt	mer djuriskt	mest djuriskt
Plural	djuriska	mer djuriska	mest djuriska
Masculine plural3	djuriske	mer djuriska	mest djuriska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	djuriske	mer djuriske	mest djuriske
All	djuriska	mer djuriska	mest djuriska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• djuriskhet

See also

• animalisk

References

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