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ordinär

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See also: ordinar and ordinær

German

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Etymology

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    17th century, borrowed from French ordinaire.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɔrdiˈnɛːr/, [ʔɔʁ.diˈnɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [ʔɔɐ̯-], [-dɪ-], [-ˈneːɐ̯]
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    • Hyphenation: or‧di‧när

    Adjective

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    ordinär (strong nominative masculine singular ordinärer, comparative ordinärer, superlative am ordinärsten)

    1. (obsolete) normal, usual, ordinary
    2. (derogatory, of things, occurrences) commonplace, quotidian, trivial
      Synonyms: alltäglich, banal, gewöhnlich, trivial
      Er hat mir von den Bergen vorgeschwärmt und dann waren das ganz ordinäre kleine Hügel.
      He kept praising those mountains and then they turned out to be very quotidian little hills.
    3. (derogatory, of people, behaviour, utterances) common, vulgar, unrefined, not suited for polite company
      Synonyms: unfein, vulgär, (dated) gewöhnlich
      Er hat leider eine ganz ordinäre Person geheiratet.
      Unfortunately he married a very common woman.
      Sie hat einen unglaublich ordinären Witz erzählt.
      She told an unbelievably vulgar joke.

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • ordinär” in Duden online
    • ordinär”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Swedish

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    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    ordinär (comparative mer ordinär, superlative mest ordinär)

    1. ordinary; well-known, part of the every-day routine

    Inflection

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    Inflection of ordinär
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular ordinär mer ordinär mest ordinär
    neuter singular ordinärt mer ordinärt mest ordinärt
    plural ordinära mer ordinära mest ordinära
    masculine plural2 ordinäre mer ordinära mest ordinära
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 ordinäre mer ordinäre mest ordinäre
    all ordinära mer ordinära mest ordinära

    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.

    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • ordinär”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)