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sekundär

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See also: sekundar and sekundær

German

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Etymology

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18th century, from Latin secundarius, chiefly through French secondaire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zekʊnˈdɛːr/, [ze.kʊnˈdɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [zə-], [ˌzɛ-], [ˌzeː-], [-ˈdeːɐ̯]
  • (also with stress shift) IPA(key): /ˈzɛkʊnˌdɛːr/, /ˈzeː-/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧kun‧där

Adjective

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sekundär (strong nominative masculine singular sekundärer, not comparable)

  1. secondary, subsidiary (of lesser rank or importance)
    Synonyms: zweitrangig, untergeordnet
  2. secondary (not original or direct, derived, later)
    Synonyms: unursprünglich, abgeleitet, indirekt, mittelbar, später, im Nachhinein

Declension

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Adjective

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sekundär (not comparable)

  1. secondary (not primary, in importance or the like)
    Synonym: underordnad
    Antonym: primär
    Jag vill att den är av metall. Den får gärna vara blå också, men det är sekundärt.
    I want it to be made of metal. It would be nice if it was blue as well, but that is secondary.
  2. (medicine) secondary

Declension

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Inflection of sekundär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sekundär
neuter singular sekundärt
plural sekundära
masculine plural2 sekundäre
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sekundäre
all sekundära

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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