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German
Etymology
From French imaginaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌimaɡiˈnɛːɐ̯/, /-ˈneːɐ̯/
- Hyphenation: ima‧gi‧när
Adjective
imaginär (strong nominative masculine singular imaginärer, not comparable)
- imaginary
Declension
Positive forms of imaginär (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “imaginär” in Duden online
- “imaginär” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
imaginär
- imaginary; of the imagination
- (mathematics) imaginary (related to the non-real part of a complex number)
Declension
Inflection of imaginär
| Indefinite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative1
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| common singular
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imaginär
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| neuter singular
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imaginärt
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—
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| plural
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imaginära
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| masculine plural2
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imaginäre
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| Definite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative
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| masculine singular3
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imaginäre
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—
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| all
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imaginära
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1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Further reading