revolutionär

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁevolut͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈneːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: re‧vo‧lu‧tio‧när

Adjective

revolutionär (strong nominative masculine singular revolutionärer, comparative revolutionärer, superlative am revolutionärsten)

  1. revolutionary

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

revolution + -är

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

revolutionär

  1. revolutionary
    en revolutionär upptäckt
    a revolutionary discovery
    Beethoven besjunger i sin 3:e symfoni ("Eroica") den revolutionäre hjältens bragder.
    Beethoven in his 3rd symphony ("Eroica") sings of the revolutionary hero's achievements.

Declension

Inflection of revolutionär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular revolutionär mer revolutionär mest revolutionär
Neuter singular revolutionärt mer revolutionärt mest revolutionärt
Plural revolutionära mer revolutionära mest revolutionära
Masculine plural3 revolutionäre mer revolutionära mest revolutionära
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 revolutionäre mer revolutionäre mest revolutionäre
All revolutionära mer revolutionära mest revolutionära
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

Noun

revolutionär c

  1. revolutionary

Declension

Declension of revolutionär 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative revolutionär revolutionären revolutionärer revolutionärerna
Genitive revolutionärs revolutionärens revolutionärers revolutionärernas

Derived terms

References

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