ordinär
German, adjective/ɔrdiˈnɛːr/
ordinär is spelled O-R-D-I-N-Ä-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordinär is a German adjective meaning “commonplace, quotidian, trivial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ungewöhnlich oder gar außergewöhnlich, sondern ganz normal”.
What does ordinär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoletenormal, usual, ordinary
- 2
derogatorycommonplace, quotidian, trivial
Er hat mir von den Bergen vorgeschwärmt und dann waren das ganz ordinäre kleine Hügel.
- 3
derogatorycommon, vulgar, unrefined, not suited for polite company
Er hat leider eine ganz ordinäre Person geheiratet.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht ungewöhnlich oder gar außergewöhnlich, sondern ganz normal 2. die gesellschaftlichen Normen missachtend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ordinär
- ordinärer masculine nominative singular
- am ordinärsten superlative
- ordinäre feminine nominative singular
- ordinäres neuter nominative singular
- ordinären genitive masculine singular
- ordinärem dative masculine singular
- der ordinäre definite includes-article masculine
- die ordinäre definite feminine includes-article
- das ordinäre definite includes-article neuter
- die ordinären definite includes-article nominative
- des ordinären definite genitive includes-article
- der ordinären definite feminine genitive
- dem ordinären dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ordinär?
- /ɔrdiˈnɛːr/
- [ʔɔʁ.diˈnɛ(ː)ɐ̯]
- [ʔɔɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ordinär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ordinär in German?
ordinär appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).