erstere

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German

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Etymology

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Comparative form of erste (first).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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Further reading

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