ordinär
Adjektiv
| 1. | (abw)
[vulgär - Person, Witz]
crude [ - Benehmen, Kleidung] vulgar, common |
| 2. | [normal] ordinary |
ordinär
Adverb
(abw) [vulgär - lachen, fluchen] crudely
[ - sich verhalten, sich kleiden] vulgarly, commonly
| ordinär |
| The German adjective ordinär is a false friend, as its primary meaning in English is vulgar or crude. Sein Benehmen gestern war ganz ordinär might therefore be translated as His behaviour yesterday was very vulgar . |
| The English adjective ordinary, however, would usually be translated by gewöhnlich or normal, so This is no ordinary computer would be rendered as Dies ist kein gewöhnlicher Computer . |
