kemisk

Kemisk is an adjective used in several Scandinavian languages, including Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, meaning "chemical" or "relating to chemistry." It is employed to describe substances, properties, and processes associated with chemistry and features prominently in technical vocabulary. Common phrases include kemisk reaktion (chemical reaction), kemisk bindning (chemical bond), kemisk substans (chemical substance), and kemisk analyse (chemical analysis). The word helps distinguish chemical topics from related fields, such as fizikaliska or biologiska contexts, and appears across education, laboratories, and industry in descriptions of materials and transformations.

Kemisk derives from the word for chemistry in these languages—kemi in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish—and thus shares roots with the broader European term for the science. The etymology ties to historical concepts of alchemy and chemical knowledge, with cognates in related languages (for example, English chemistry, French chimie, German Chemie). As a productive modifier, kemisk is used in a wide range of technical and educational contexts to indicate chemical properties, substances, or processes, distinguishing them from other scientific domains such as physics or biology. In contemporary usage, it appears in official terminology, safety data, curricula, and industry documentation to specify chemical aspects of materials, reactions, and analyses.