extraordinär

German

Etymology

extra +‎ ordinär

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkstʁaʔɔʁdiˈnɛːʁ/
  • Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧or‧di‧när

Adjective

extraordinär (strong nominative masculine singular extraordinärer, comparative extraordinärer, superlative am extraordinärsten)

  1. (formal, dated) exceptional, extraordinary
    Synonyms: außergewöhnlich, außerordentlich

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French extraordinaire, equivalent to extra +‎ ordinär. Doublet of extraordinarie.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

extraordinär (comparative mer extraordinär, superlative mest extraordinär)

  1. extraordinary

Declension

Inflection of extraordinär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular extraordinär mer extraordinär mest extraordinär
neuter singular extraordinärt mer extraordinärt mest extraordinärt
plural extraordinära mer extraordinära mest extraordinära
masculine plural2 extraordinäre mer extraordinära mest extraordinära
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 extraordinäre mer extraordinäre mest extraordinäre
all extraordinära mer extraordinära mest extraordinära

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.

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