faktum

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfaktum] Hyphenation: fak‧tum === Noun === faktum n alternative form of fakt ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “faktum”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “faktum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “faktum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “faktum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin factum, neuter perfect participle of faciō (“to do, to make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faktɔm/, [ˈfɑɡ̊tˢɔm] === Noun === faktum n (singular definite faktummet, plural indefinite fakta) fact ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kendsgerning === Further reading === “faktum” in Den Danske Ordbog == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Latin factum (“fact”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɒktum] Hyphenation: fak‧tum Rhymes: -um === Noun === faktum (plural faktumok) (archaic) fact Synonym: tény ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === faktum in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. faktum in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin factum. === Noun === faktum n (definite singular faktumet, indefinite plural fakta, definite plural faktaene) a fact ==== Derived terms ==== faktaark === References === “faktum” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin factum. === Noun === faktum n (definite singular faktumet, indefinite plural faktum or fakta, definite plural faktuma or faktaa) a fact ==== Derived terms ==== faktaark === References === “faktum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin factum. Compare facit. === Pronunciation === === Noun === faktum n a fact (something undeniably true or real) ==== Usage notes ==== Fakta, though historically just a plural form of faktum (along with the zero plural faktum – see the declension tables below), is often used slightly differently, and is likely intuited as an entirely separate word by many native speakers: Fakta is often a better match than faktum for facts in the English sense. "Intressanta fakta" matches "interesting facts" in tone, whereas the tone of "intressanta faktum" is closer to "interesting things that are undeniably true or real." Compare the sports example above. Fakta is often intuited as a common-gender mass noun. Compare the law example above, where fakta is idiomatic despite there only being a single fact, and how fact is sometimes used like a mass noun in English as well ("It is fact, not fiction.") This intuition also means that both "intressant (singular) fakta" and "intressanta (plural) fakta" appear for "interesting facts" (though the former might be considered improper by some). Another consequence is that a definite faktan (the fact-as-a-mass-noun / the facts) sometimes appears. Perhaps due to the differences outlined above, a single piece of factual information (in for example a report or news article) is often called a faktauppgift rather than a faktum. Turns into fakta- in compounds. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grundfakta faktagranskning faktakoll faktakontroll faktauppgift ==== Related terms ==== faktisk === See also === datum === References === “faktum”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “faktum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “faktum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Frågelådan i svenska