fysiske

Fysiske is an inflected form of the adjective fysisk meaning physical, used in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. It describes physical properties, phenomena, or relations of objects, bodies, or systems. As adjectives, these languages require agreement with the noun in number and definiteness, so fysiske appears in plural or indefinite contexts. For example, Norwegian Bokmål: fysiske egenskaper (physical properties); de fysiske egenskapene (the physical properties). Danish: fysiske egenskaber; de fysiske egenskaberne. Swedish: fysiska egenskaper; de fysiska egenskaperna.

Etymology traces fysiske to the Latin physicus, via the Greek physis, with the term entering Scandinavian languages through Latin and subsequent vernacular development. The root meaning has remained closely tied to matter, bodies, and natural phenomena.

Usage in ordinary and scientific language centers on distinguishing physical aspects from mental, emotional, or abstract ones. It is common in physics, engineering, biology, and everyday descriptions of objects and processes. The base form in these languages is fysisk (Norwegian: fysisk, Danish: fysisk, Swedish: fysisk); the plural or definite plural forms, such as fysiske or fysiska, are used to modify plural nouns. Note that fysiske is not a noun by itself; it functions as an adjective, while the corresponding noun for the field of study is physics in each language (fysikk in Norwegian, fysik in Swedish, fysik in Danish). Related terms include fysikk, fysik, and phrases like fysiske egenskaper or fysiska egenskaper.