faktum

See also: Faktum

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaktum]
• Hyphenation: fak‧tum

Noun

faktum n

1. Alternative form of fakt

Declension

Declension of faktum (hard neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	faktum	fakta
genitive	fakta	fakt
dative	faktu	faktům
accusative	faktum	fakta
vocative	faktum	fakta
locative	faktu	faktech
instrumental	faktem	fakty

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)

Danish

Etymology

From Latin factum, neuter perfect participle of faciō (“I do, I make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faktɔm/, [ˈfɑɡ̊tˢɔm]

Noun

faktum n (singular definite faktummet, plural indefinite fakta)

1. fact

Declension

Declension of faktum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faktum	faktummet	fakta	faktaene
genitive	faktums	faktummets	faktas	faktaenes

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)

1. (archaic) fact

   Synonym: tény

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	faktum	faktumok
accusative	faktumot	faktumokat
dative	faktumnak	faktumoknak
instrumental	faktummal	faktumokkal
causal-final	faktumért	faktumokért
translative	faktummá	faktumokká
terminative	faktumig	faktumokig
essive-formal	faktumként	faktumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	faktumban	faktumokban
superessive	faktumon	faktumokon
adessive	faktumnál	faktumoknál
illative	faktumba	faktumokba
sublative	faktumra	faktumokra
allative	faktumhoz	faktumokhoz
elative	faktumból	faktumokból
delative	faktumról	faktumokról
ablative	faktumtól	faktumoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	faktumé	faktumoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	faktuméi	faktumokéi

Possessive forms of faktum
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	faktumom	faktumaim
2nd person sing.	faktumod	faktumaid
3rd person sing.	faktuma	faktumai
1st person plural	faktumunk	faktumaink
2nd person plural	faktumotok	faktumaitok
3rd person plural	faktumuk	faktumaik

Derived terms

• diktum-faktum

 

Related terms

• faktuális

 

Further reading

• faktum in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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)

1. 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)

1. a fact

Derived terms

• faktaark

References

• “faktum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin factum. Compare facit.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

faktum n

1. a fact (something undeniably true or real)

   Det är ett välkänt faktum att cyklar stjäls om de lämnas olåsta

   It's a well-known fact that bicycles will get stolen if they're left unlocked

   Slutsignalen ljöd, och förlusten var ett faktum

   The final whistle blew, and the loss was a fact/reality (something undeniably real)

   Det är ingen åsikt att de brutit mot lagen. Det är fakta.

   It's not an opinion that they have broken the law. It's a fact (literally, "It is facts" – see the usage notes below).

   intressanta fakta

   interesting facts

   faktagranskning

   fact-checking

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

Declension of faktum

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	faktum	faktums
	definite	faktumet	faktumets
plural	indefinite	fakta	faktas
	definite	fakta	faktas

Declension of faktum

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	faktum	faktums
	definite	faktumet	faktumets
plural	indefinite	faktum	faktums
	definite	faktumen	faktumens

Derived terms

• grundfakta
• faktagranskning
• faktakoll
• faktakontroll
• faktauppgift

Related terms

• faktisk

See also

• datum

References

• faktum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• faktum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• faktum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Frågelådan i svenska