sekundär
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
18th century, from Latin secundarius, chiefly through French secondaire.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /zekʊnˈdɛːr/, [ze.kʊnˈdɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [zə-], [ˌzɛ-], [ˌzeː-], [-ˈdeːɐ̯]
- (also with stress shift) IPA(key): /ˈzɛkʊnˌdɛːr/, /ˈzeː-/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧kun‧där
Adjective[edit]
sekundär (strong nominative masculine singular sekundärer, not comparable)
- secondary, subsidiary (of lesser rank or importance)
- Synonyms: zweitrangig, untergeordnet
- secondary (not original or direct, derived, later)
- Synonyms: unursprünglich, abgeleitet, indirekt, mittelbar, später, im Nachhinein
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of sekundär (uncomparable)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “sekundär” in Duden online
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sekundär (not comparable)
- secondary (not primary, in importance or the like)
- Synonym: underordnad
- Antonym: primär
- Jag vill att den är av metall. Den får gärna vara blå också, men det är sekundärt.
- I want it to be made of metal. It would be nice if it was blue as well, but that is secondary.
- (medicine) secondary
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sekundär | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sekundär | — | — |
Neuter singular | sekundärt | — | — |
Plural | sekundära | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | sekundäre | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sekundäre | — | — |
All | sekundära | — | — |
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 |