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modern

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

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modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern)

  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
    Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease.  Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].
    • 1930 May 31, “The "Overhead Door" for Garage-Factory-Warehouse”, in The Saturday Evening Post‎[1], volume 202, number 48, page 110:
      The "Overhead Door" is the garage door that can be opened or closed at a touch every day in the year—regardless of the weather. It is the garage door that opens UP Completely Out of the Way. In short, it is the modern door for the modern garage—in step with the times.
    • 2018 June 14, Timothy Snyder, “How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?”, in The New York Times:
      In fact, he had created the conditions for the great horror of modern times.
    • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
      The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
  2. (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

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Noun

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modern (plural moderns)

  1. Someone who lives in modern times.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
      The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.
    • 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare:
      What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd [...]
    • 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome:
      They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.
    • 1956, John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt, page 144:
      Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did [...] we must as historians make the attempt.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 181:
      Yeats understood these ancient mysteries better than any modern.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin modernus.

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modern (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)

  1. modern

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus.

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modern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)

  1. modern
  2. (historical, Protestantism) modernist
    Synonym: modernistisch

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Declension of modern
uninflected modern
inflected moderne
comparative moderner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial modern moderner het modernst
het modernste
indefinite m./f. sing. moderne modernere modernste
n. sing. modern moderner modernste
plural moderne modernere modernste
definite moderne modernere modernste
partitive moderns moderners —

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  • → Indonesian: modern
  • → Papiamentu: modern (dated)

German

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Etymology 1

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From Moder (“moldiness”).

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Verb

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modern (weak, third-person singular present modert, past tense moderte, past participle gemodert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rot, to molder
Conjugation
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Conjugation of modern (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive modern
present participle modernd
past participle gemodert
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich modre
ich modere
ich moder 		wir modern i ich modere
ich modre 		wir modern
du moderst ihr modert du moderest
du modrest 		ihr moderet
ihr modret
er modert sie modern er modere
er modre 		sie modern
preterite ich moderte wir moderten ii ich moderte1 wir moderten1
du modertest ihr modertet du modertest1 ihr modertet1
er moderte sie moderten er moderte1 sie moderten1
imperative modre (du)
moder (du)
modere (du) 		modert (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of modern (weak, auxiliary haben)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich habe gemodert wir haben gemodert subjunctive ich habe gemodert wir haben gemodert
du hast gemodert ihr habt gemodert du habest gemodert ihr habet gemodert
er hat gemodert sie haben gemodert er habe gemodert sie haben gemodert
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte gemodert wir hatten gemodert subjunctive ich hätte gemodert wir hätten gemodert
du hattest gemodert ihr hattet gemodert du hättest gemodert ihr hättet gemodert
er hatte gemodert sie hatten gemodert er hätte gemodert sie hätten gemodert
future i
infinitive modern werden subjunctive i ich werde modern wir werden modern
du werdest modern ihr werdet modern
er werde modern sie werden modern
indicative ich werde modern wir werden modern subjunctive ii ich würde modern wir würden modern
du wirst modern ihr werdet modern du würdest modern ihr würdet modern
er wird modern sie werden modern er würde modern sie würden modern
future ii
infinitive gemodert haben werden subjunctive i ich werde gemodert haben wir werden gemodert haben
du werdest gemodert haben ihr werdet gemodert haben
er werde gemodert haben sie werden gemodert haben
indicative ich werde gemodert haben wir werden gemodert haben subjunctive ii ich würde gemodert haben wir würden gemodert haben
du wirst gemodert haben ihr werdet gemodert haben du würdest gemodert haben ihr würdet gemodert haben
er wird gemodert haben sie werden gemodert haben er würde gemodert haben sie würden gemodert haben

Etymology 2

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From French moderne, from Latin modernus.

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modern (strong nominative masculine singular moderner, comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)

  1. modern
  2. state-of-the-art
Declension
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Positive forms of modern
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist modern sie ist modern es ist modern sie sind modern
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative moderner moderne modernes moderne
genitive modernen moderner modernen moderner
dative modernem moderner modernem modernen
accusative modernen moderne modernes moderne
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der moderne die moderne das moderne die modernen
genitive des modernen der modernen des modernen der modernen
dative dem modernen der modernen dem modernen den modernen
accusative den modernen die moderne das moderne die modernen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein moderner eine moderne ein modernes (keine) modernen
genitive eines modernen einer modernen eines modernen (keiner) modernen
dative einem modernen einer modernen einem modernen (keinen) modernen
accusative einen modernen eine moderne ein modernes (keine) modernen
Comparative forms of modern
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist moderner sie ist moderner es ist moderner sie sind moderner
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative modernerer modernere moderneres modernere
genitive moderneren modernerer moderneren modernerer
dative modernerem modernerer modernerem moderneren
accusative moderneren modernere moderneres modernere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der modernere die modernere das modernere die moderneren
genitive des moderneren der moderneren des moderneren der moderneren
dative dem moderneren der moderneren dem moderneren den moderneren
accusative den moderneren die modernere das modernere die moderneren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein modernerer eine modernere ein moderneres (keine) moderneren
genitive eines moderneren einer moderneren eines moderneren (keiner) moderneren
dative einem moderneren einer moderneren einem moderneren (keinen) moderneren
accusative einen moderneren eine modernere ein moderneres (keine) moderneren
Superlative forms of modern
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am modernsten sie ist am modernsten es ist am modernsten sie sind am modernsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative modernster modernste modernstes modernste
genitive modernsten modernster modernsten modernster
dative modernstem modernster modernstem modernsten
accusative modernsten modernste modernstes modernste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der modernste die modernste das modernste die modernsten
genitive des modernsten der modernsten des modernsten der modernsten
dative dem modernsten der modernsten dem modernsten den modernsten
accusative den modernsten die modernste das modernste die modernsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein modernster eine modernste ein modernstes (keine) modernsten
genitive eines modernsten einer modernsten eines modernsten (keiner) modernsten
dative einem modernsten einer modernsten einem modernsten (keinen) modernsten
accusative einen modernsten eine modernste ein modernstes (keine) modernsten
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English modern and German modern, from French moderne, from Medieval Latin modernus.[1]

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modern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)

  1. modern
    Synonym: korszerű

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative modern modernek
accusative modernet moderneket
dative modernnek moderneknek
instrumental modernnel modernekkel
causal-final modernért modernekért
translative modernné modernekké
terminative modernig modernekig
essive-formal modernként modernekként
essive-modal — —
inessive modernben modernekben
superessive modernen moderneken
adessive modernnél moderneknél
illative modernbe modernekbe
sublative modernre modernekre
allative modernhez modernekhez
elative modernből modernekből
delative modernről modernekről
ablative moderntől modernektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		moderné moderneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		modernéi modernekéi

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • modern in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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modern

  1. modern

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Declension of modern (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative modern modern modern moderne
accusative moderne modern modern moderne
dative moderne moderne moderne moderne
Strong inflection nominative moderner moderne modernes moderne
accusative moderne moderne modernes moderne
dative modernem moderner modernem moderne

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Indonesian

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  • moden (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
  • moderen (nonstandard Indonesian)

Etymology

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From Dutch modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modus.

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  • IPA(key): [moˈdɛr(ə̆)n]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dèrn

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modèrn

  1. modern.
    Synonyms: terbaru, mutakhir

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modèrn (first-person possessive modernku, second-person possessive modernmu, third-person possessive modernnya)

  1. modern.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French moderne.

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modern m or n (feminine singular modernă, masculine plural moderni, feminine and neuter plural moderne)

  1. modern

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Declension of modern
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite modern modernă moderni moderne
definite modernul moderna modernii modernele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite modern moderne moderni moderne
definite modernului modernei modernilor modernelor

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Etymology 1

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From French moderne, from Late Latin modernus.

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modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)

  1. modern
  2. in fashion
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Inflection of modern
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular modern modernare modernast
Neuter singular modernt modernare modernast
Plural moderna modernare modernast
Masculine plural3 moderne modernare modernast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 moderne modernare modernaste
All moderna modernare modernaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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modern

  1. definite singular of moder
  2. definite singular of mor

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From French moderne

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modern

  1. modern

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predicative forms of modern
present tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) modernim modern miyim? modern değilim modern değil miyim?
sen (you are) modernsin modern misin? modern değilsin modern değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) modern / moderndir modern mi? modern değil modern değil mi?
biz (we are) moderniz modern miyiz? modern değiliz modern değil miyiz?
siz (you are) modernsiniz modern misiniz? modern değilsiniz modern değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) modern(ler) modern(ler) mi? modern değil(ler) modern değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) moderndim modern miydim? modern değildim modern değil miydim?
sen (you were) moderndin modern miydin? modern değildin modern değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) moderndi modern miydi? modern değildi modern değil miydi?
biz (we were) moderndik modern miydik? modern değildik modern değil miydik?
siz (you were) moderndiniz modern miydiniz? modern değildiniz modern değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) moderndiler modern miydiler? modern değildi(ler) / değillerdi modern değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) modernmişim modern miymişim? modern değilmişim modern değil miymişim?
sen (you were) modernmişsin modern miymişsin? modern değilmişsin modern değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) modernmiş modern miymiş? modern değilmiş modern değil miymiş?
biz (we were) modernmişiz modern miymişiz? modern değilmişiz modern değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) modernmişsiniz modern miymişsiniz? modern değilmişsiniz modern değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) modernmişler modern miymişler? modern değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş modern değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) modernsem modern miysem? modern değilsem modern değil miysem?
sen (if you) modernsen modern miysen? modern değilsen modern değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) modernse modern miyse? modern değilse modern değil miyse?
biz (if we) modernsek modern miysek? modern değilsek modern değil miysek?
siz (if you) modernseniz modern miyseniz? modern değilseniz modern değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) modernseler modern miyseler? modern değilseler / değillerse modern değil miyseler?

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English modern.

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modern (feminine singular modern, plural modern, equative mor fodern, comparative mwy modern, superlative mwyaf modern)

  1. modern

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
modern fodern unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “modern”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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