populär

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See also: popular and populær

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin populāris, from Latin populus (people, nation).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌpopuˈlɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˌpopuˈleːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lär

Adjective[edit]

populär (strong nominative masculine singular populärer, comparative populärer, superlative am populärsten)

  1. (beloved or approved by the people) popular

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Further reading[edit]

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

Luxembourgish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

populär (masculine populären, neuter populäert, comparative méi populär, superlative am populäersten)

  1. popular

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French populaire, from Latin populāris. Compare Norwegian and Danish populær, English popular.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

populär (comparative populärare, superlative populärast)

  1. popular (widely liked)
    Synonym: (colloquial) poppis
  2. popular (aimed at ordinary people)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of populär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular populär populärare populärast
Neuter singular populärt populärare populärast
Plural populära populärare populärast
Masculine plural3 populäre populärare populärast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 populäre populärare populäraste
All populära populärare populäraste
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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