kolossal
Danish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /kolosaːl/, [kʰoloˈsæːˀl]
 
Inflection
    
| Inflection of kolossal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | kolossal | — | —2 | 
| Indefinite neuter singular | kolossalt | — | —2 | 
| Plural | kolossale | — | —2 | 
| Definite attributive1 | kolossale | — | — | 
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.  | |||
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References
    
German
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˌkolɔˈsaːl/
 - Rhymes: -aːl
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Adjective
    
kolossal (strong nominative masculine singular kolossaler, comparative kolossaler, superlative am kolossalsten)
- colossal, huge
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 102:
- Die Anforderungen sind kolossal heutzutage, man darf es sich gar nicht so klar machen, wie scharf sie sind, sonst könnte man wahrhaftig den Mut verlieren.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
 
 
 
 - (colloquial) awesome
- Synonym: großartig
 
 
Declension
    
Positive forms of kolossal
Comparative forms of kolossal
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Adverb
    
kolossal
- (intensifier, dated) very
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
 
- 1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America]:
- »Ich möchte Ihnen diesen Smith und Wesson Revolver bestens empfehlen. […] Kolossal bequem in der Hüftentasche zu tragen!«
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
 
 
 - 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 437:
- Das ist kolossal zutreffend – entschuldigen Herr Hofrat –, ich meine, es ist darum so hervorragend richtig, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
 
 
 
 
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Norwegian Bokmål
    
    
Adjective
    
kolossal (masculine and feminine kolossal, neuter kolossalt, definite singular and plural kolossale)
References
    
- “kolossal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
 - “kolossal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
 
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    
References
    
- “kolossal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
 
Swedish
    
    Adjective
    
kolossal (comparative kolossalare, superlative kolossalast)
Declension
    
| Inflection of kolossal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 | 
| Common singular | kolossal | kolossalare | kolossalast | 
| Neuter singular | kolossalt | kolossalare | kolossalast | 
| Plural | kolossala | kolossalare | kolossalast | 
| Masculine plural3 | kolossale | kolossalare | kolossalast | 
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative | 
| Masculine singular1 | kolossale | kolossalare | kolossalaste | 
| All | kolossala | kolossalare | kolossalaste | 
| 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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