akkurat

See also: akkúrat

Danish

Adverb

akkurat

  1. right, exactly
    Lige akkurat!
    Exactly!

Descendants

  • Icelandic: akkúrat

German

Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
    Proto-Italic *ad
    Proto-Italic *ad-
    Latin ad-
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der.
    Proto-Italic *kʷoizā
    Latin cūra
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
    Proto-Italic *-āō
    Latin -ō
    Latin cūrō
    Latin accūrō
    Latin accūrātusder.
    German akkurat

    From Latin accūrātus.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -aːt

    Adjective

    akkurat (strong nominative masculine singular akkurater, comparative akkurater, superlative am akkuratesten)

    1. meticulous
    2. exact

    Adverb

    akkurat

    1. exactly
      Synonyms: genau, gerade

    Further reading

    • “akkurat” in Duden online
    • “akkurat” in Duden online
    • “akkurat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Latin accūrātus, past participle of accūrō. Cognate with English accurate.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɑkːʉɾɑːt], [ˈɑkːʉrɑtː]
    • Audio:(file)

    Adverb

    akkurat

    1. right, exactly

    Derived terms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Alternative forms

    • akkorart, akkurart (dialectal, non-standard)

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, past participle of accūrō. Cognate with English accurate. Similar to Danish akkurat. Also similar to Swedish ackurat and Russian аккурат (akkurat), but more often used in Norwegian and Danish.

    Adverb

    akkurat

    1. right, exactly

    Derived terms

    • akkurat no

    References

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