fantastisch

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fantastique, from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós). Equivalent to fantasie or fantast + -isch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑnˈtɑs.tis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fan‧tas‧tisch
  • Rhymes: -is

Adjective

fantastisch (comparative fantastischer, superlative meest fantastisch or fantastischt)

  1. fantastic, great
    Het is hier fantastisch!
    It's great over here!
  2. fantastic, imaginative
    Het museum bezit een veelval fantastische kunstvoorwerpen.
    The museum possesses a multitude of imaginative artistic artefacts.
  3. unreal, unrealistic, fantastical
    De verdachte legde een fantastische verklaring af.
    The suspect made a fanciful statement.

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Petjo: fantasties
  • Indonesian: fantastis

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin phantasticus, with assimilation to native suffix -isch. By surface analysis, Fantast (fantasist, dreamer) + -isch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fanˈtastɪʃ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -astɪʃ
  • Hyphenation: fan‧tas‧tisch

Adjective

fantastisch (strong nominative masculine singular fantastischer, comparative fantastischer, superlative am fantastischsten)

  1. fantastic

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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