See also: sekundar and sekundær

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-/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧kun‧där

Adjective edit

sekundär (strong nominative masculine singular sekundärer, not comparable)

  1. secondary, subsidiary (of lesser rank or importance)
    Synonyms: zweitrangig, untergeordnet
  2. secondary (not original or direct, derived, later)
    Synonyms: unursprünglich, abgeleitet, indirekt, mittelbar, später, im Nachhinein

Declension edit

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Swedish edit

Adjective edit

sekundär (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. (medicine) secondary

Declension edit

Inflection of sekundär
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

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