populär

See also: popular and populær

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpopuˈlɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˌpopuˈleːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lär

Adjective

populär (comparative populärer, superlative am populärsten)

1. (beloved or approved by the people) popular
   • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 239:

     Um populär zu werden, kann man seine eigene Meinung behalten. Um populär zu bleiben, weniger.

     To become popular, one can keep one's own opinion. To stay popular, less so.

Further reading

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

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

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

1. popular

Declension

declension of populär

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass populär	si ass populär	et ass populär	si si(nn) populär
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	populären	populär	populärt	populär
	independent without determiner			populäres	populärer
dative	after any declined word	populären	populärer	populären	populären
	as first declined word	populärem		populärem

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

populär

1. popular (beloved or approved by the people)

Declension

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

Related terms

• poppis
• popularitet
• populärvetenskap

 

See also

• folkkär
• folklig