German

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Etymology

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extra +‎ ordinär

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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extraordinär (comparative mer extraordinär, superlative mest extraordinär)

  1. extraordinary

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Inflection of extraordinär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular extraordinär mer extraordinär mest extraordinär
Neuter singular extraordinärt mer extraordinärt mest extraordinärt
Plural extraordinära mer extraordinära mest extraordinära
Masculine plural3 extraordinäre mer extraordinära mest extraordinära
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 extraordinäre mer extraordinäre mest extraordinäre
All extraordinära mer extraordinära mest extraordinära
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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