erstere

German

Etymology

Comparative form of erste (first).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɛɐ̯stəʁɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ers‧te‧re
  • (file)

Adjective

erstere (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular ersterer, not comparable)

  1. former (first of aforementioned two items)
  2. first (first of aforementioned three or more items)

Declension

Further reading

  • erstere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erstere” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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