primär

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See also: primar and primær

German

Etymology

Early 19th century, from French primaire (thus slightly later than sekundär). Doublet of Premier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /priˈmɛːr/, , ,
  • (also with stressed shift) IPA(key): /ˈpriːˌmɛːr/
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  • Hyphenation: pri‧mär

Adjective

primär (strong nominative masculine singular primärer, comparative primärer, superlative am primärsten)

  1. primary (of first rank, great importance)
    Synonyms: erstrangig, hauptsächlich, vorrangig, wesentlich, in erster Linie
  2. primary, original (direct, not derived)
    Synonyms: ursprünglich, direkt, unmittelbar, grundlegend, fundamental, zuerst, zunächst

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Further reading

  • primär” in Duden online
  • primär” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Adjective

primär (not comparable)

  1. primary
    Antonym: sekundär
  2. (nominalized) (the) primary thing
    Det primära är att vi får tag på öl. Det spelar ingen roll hur.
    The primary thing is that we get hold of beer. It doesn't matter how.

Declension

Inflection of primär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular primär
Neuter singular primärt
Plural primära
Masculine plural3 primäre
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 primäre
All primära
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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