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Erste

Erste

See also: erste

German

Noun

Erste f (genitive Erster, plural Erste, masculine Erster)

  1. feminine equivalent of Erster

Declension

erste

erste

See also: Erste

German

Adjective

erste (not comparable)

  1. inflected form of erster

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from German erst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈer.ste/, /ˈɛɾ.stɛ/

Adverb

erste

  1. (of time) not before, not until (then), only (not earlier than), for the first time
    Me venos erste morge.
    I won't come before tomorrow.

Usage notes

*ne ante cannot be used in place of erste, since *ne ante would be a preposition just like ante, not an adverb. "Me venos *ne ante morge" would be totally gibberish since the *ne ante would effect the adverb (morge), not the verb (venos). Instead, one could use "Me venos morge, ne ante", which would be correct.


Old Frisian

Adjective

erste

  1. first