elementär

See also: elementar

Swedish

Etymology

From French élémentaire, from Latin elementāris.

Adjective

elementär (comparative elementärare, superlative elementärast)

1. elementary

Declension

Inflection of elementär

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	elementär	elementärare	elementärast
neuter singular	elementärt	elementärare	elementärast
plural	elementära	elementärare	elementärast
masculine plural2	elementäre	elementärare	elementärast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	elementäre	elementärare	elementäraste
all	elementära	elementärare	elementäraste

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.

Related terms

• element
• elementa
• elementarisk

References

• “elementär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “elementär”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “elementär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)