See also: popular and populær

German edit

Etymology edit

From Latin populāris, from Latin populus (people, nation).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌpopuˈlɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˌpopuˈleːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lär

Adjective edit

populär (strong nominative masculine singular populärer, comparative populärer, superlative am populärsten)

  1. (beloved or approved by the people) popular

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Luxembourgish edit

Adjective edit

populär (masculine populären, neuter populäert, comparative méi populär, superlative am populäersten)

  1. popular

Declension edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From French populaire, from Latin populāris. Compare Norwegian and Danish populær, English popular.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

populär (comparative populärare, superlative populärast)

  1. popular (widely liked)
    Synonym: (colloquial) poppis
  2. popular (aimed at ordinary people)

Declension edit

Inflection of populär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular populär populärare populärast
Neuter singular populärt populärare populärast
Plural populära populärare populärast
Masculine plural3 populäre populärare populärast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 populäre populärare populäraste
All populära populärare populäraste
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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