primär
German, adjective/priˈmɛːr/
primär is spelled P-R-I-M-Ä-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primär is a German adjective meaning “primary (of first rank, great importance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in erster Linie”.
What does primär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
primary (of first rank, great importance)
- 2
primary, original (direct, not derived)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in erster Linie
noun: 1. leitender Arzt
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 primär
- primärer masculine nominative singular
- am primärsten superlative
- primäre feminine nominative singular
- primäres neuter nominative singular
- primären genitive masculine singular
- primärem dative masculine singular
- der primäre definite includes-article masculine
- die primäre definite feminine includes-article
- das primäre definite includes-article neuter
- die primären definite includes-article nominative
- des primären definite genitive includes-article
- der primären definite feminine genitive
- dem primären dative definite includes-article
- Prim. abbreviation
- Primaria feminine
- Primare nominative plural
- Primars genitive singular
- Primaren dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primär?
- /priˈmɛːr/
- [pʁiˈmɛ(ː)ɐ̯]
- [pʁɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primär in German?
primär appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).