mystisk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystical”), via Latin mysticus.

Adjective

mystisk (neuter singular mystisk, definite singular and plural mystiske)

1. mystical
2. mysterious

Related terms

• mystisisme

References

• “mystisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystical”), via Latin mysticus.

Adjective

mystisk (neuter singular mystisk, definite singular and plural mystiske)

1. mystical
2. mysterious

Related terms

• mystisisme

References

• “mystisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystical”), via Latin mysticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏstɪsk/

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Adjective

mystisk (comparative mer mystisk, superlative mest mystisk)

1. mysterious, arcane
2. strange

   Synonym: (colloquial) mysko

Declension

Inflection of mystisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	mystisk	mer mystisk	mest mystisk
neuter singular	mystiskt	mer mystiskt	mest mystiskt
plural	mystiska	mer mystiska	mest mystiska
masculine plural2	mystiske	mer mystiska	mest mystiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	mystiske	mer mystiske	mest mystiske
all	mystiska	mer mystiska	mest mystiska

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.

Related terms

• mysterium
• mysticism
• mystifiera
• mystik

Further reading

• mystisk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• mystisk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• mystiks