prekär

See also: prekær

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French précaire, from Latin precarius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁeˈkɛːɐ̯/, /pʁeˈkeːɐ̯/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: pre‧kär

Adjective

prekär (strong nominative masculine singular prekärer, comparative prekärer, superlative am prekärsten)

  1. precarious
    • 2017, Christiane Rösinger, “Eigentumswohnung”, in Lieder ohne Leiden:
      Wir leben eigentlich selber prekär / Wenn das mit der Wohnung nicht wär
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French précaire, from Latin precarius.

Adjective

prekär (comparative prekärare, superlative prekärast)

  1. precarious
    Prekärast är situationen i socialnämnden.
    Most precarious is the situation in the social committee.

Declension

Inflection of prekär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular prekär prekärare prekärast
neuter singular prekärt prekärare prekärast
plural prekära prekärare prekärast
masculine plural2 prekäre prekärare prekärast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 prekäre prekärare prekäraste
all prekära prekärare prekäraste

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