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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A respelling of OK.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 513: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
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Noun
okay (plural okays)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Verb
okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Adjective
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
- Alternative spelling of OK
- 1869 Little Women, Part Second, by Louisa May Alcott
- One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
- 1869 Little Women, Part Second, by Louisa May Alcott
Adverb
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Interjection
okay
- Alternative spelling of OK
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
okay
- OK (endorsement; approval)
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Interjection
- OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, tamam
Usage notes
The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English.
Adverb
okay
- OK
- Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend
Adjective
okay (comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)
- (informal) OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, annehmlich, annehmbar
- 2009, Christian Y. Schmidt, Allein unter 1,3 Milliarden: Eine chinesische Reise von Shanghai bis Kathmandu, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH (→ISBN)
- Dieser Hügel ist achthundertsieben Meter hoch, und ich bin nur hochgelaufen, weil der Strand von meiner Freundin blockiert wurde, die mir gerade auf die Nerven ging. Das war noch ein halbwegs okayer Ausflug.
- 2016, Karin Kaçi, Jan Braren, Homevideo, Carlsen E-Books (→ISBN)
- »Jakon Moormann. Deine Slides waren schon mal besser, aber du bist ein ganz okayer Skater. Bist auch ein ganz okayer Kumpel. Und die Mädchen finden dich superokay.«
- 2016 December 30, Moritz von Uslar, “Party braucht keinen König”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Die Firma Tiger of Sweden, die heute ihren Berliner Flagshipstore eröffnet, macht voll okaye, insgesamt vollkommen egale Frauen- und Männermode, wie sie in Flughafenboutiquen verkauft wird.
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Usage notes
The comparative and attributive use is recent and therefore not always considered grammatical.
Declension
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
- OK (endorsement; approval)
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