erste

== German == === Alternative forms === 1. (abbreviation) ehrste (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German ērest, from Old High German ērist, from Proto-West Germanic *airist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːrstə/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯stə], [ˈʔɛɐ̯stə] Hyphenation: ers‧te === Adjective === erste (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular erster, not comparable) (ordinal number) first ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== allererste Erster, Erste ersterer erste Wahl in erster Linie ==== Related terms ==== erst zuerst === Further reading === “erste” in Duden online “erste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from German erst. Decision no. 599, Progreso IV. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ste/, /ˈɛɾs.te/ === Adverb === erste not before, not until (then), only (not earlier than), for the first time (of time) ==== 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. === References === Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 669 Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 103, 104, 418, 629 Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 346, 525, 562 == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːrste/, [ˈɛːrste] === Adjective === ērste strong nominative or accusative singular feminine of ērst strong nominative, accusative or dative plural of ērst weak nominative singular feminine of ērst weak nominative or accusative singular neuter of ērst