abstrus

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ap.stʁy/
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Adjective

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abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)

  1. (literary, derogatory) abstruse
    Synonym: abscons

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)

  1. abstruse

Usage notes

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A large portion of German speakers confounds this with absurd or believes both to have the same meaning. The meaning "difficult to understand, unclear" is almost never applied in everyday speech.

Declension

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Adverb

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abstrus

  1. abstrusely

Further reading

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  • abstrus” in Duden online
  • abstrus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French abstrus.

Adjective

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abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine and neuter plural abstruse)

  1. abstruse

Declension

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin abstrusus.

Adjective

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abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)

  1. abstruse, difficult to understand
  2. nebulous, obscure, mysterious

Inflection

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Inflection of abstrus
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular abstrus abstrusare abstrusast
Neuter singular abstrust abstrusare abstrusast
Plural abstrusa abstrusare abstrusast
Masculine plural3 abstruse abstrusare abstrusast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 abstruse abstrusare abstrusaste
All abstrusa abstrusare abstrusaste
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

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Anagrams

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