See also: prekær

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French précaire, from Latin precarius.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. precarious
    • 2017, Christiane Rösinger (lyrics and music), “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

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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French précaire, from Latin precarius.

Adjective

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prekär (comparative prekärare, superlative prekärast)

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

Declension

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Inflection of prekär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular prekär prekärare prekärast
Neuter singular prekärt prekärare prekärast
Plural prekära prekärare prekärast
Masculine plural3 prekäre prekärare prekärast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 prekäre prekärare prekäraste
All prekära prekärare prekäraste
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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Further reading

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