humanitär

See also: humanitar and humanitær

German

Etymology

From French humanitaire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhumaniˈtɛːɐ̯/, /-ˈteːɐ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ni‧tär

Adjective

humanitär (strong nominative masculine singular humanitärer, not comparable)

  1. humanitarian

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French humanitaire.

Adjective

humanitär (comparative mer humanitär, superlative mest humanitär)

  1. humanitarian
    en humanitär katastrof
    a humanitarian catastrophe

Usage notes

Used "improperly" in the same way as in English, like in the example.

Declension

Inflection of humanitär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular humanitär mer humanitär mest humanitär
neuter singular humanitärt mer humanitärt mest humanitärt
plural humanitära mer humanitära mest humanitära
masculine plural2 humanitäre mer humanitära mest humanitära
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 humanitäre mer humanitäre mest humanitäre
all humanitära mer humanitära mest humanitära

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.

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