modern

modern - English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɒd(ə)n/
(General American) enPR: mŏdʹərn, IPA: /ˈmɑdɚn/
Hyphenation: mod‧ern

Adjective

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

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.
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Synonyms

(pertaining to current or recent time): contemporary, current; see also present

Antonyms

(pertaining to current or recent time): ancient, dated, former, historical, old, old-fashioned; see also past
(pertaining to the modern period): premodern

Derived terms

antimodern
early modern
modern-day
modern algebra
modern antique
modern apprenticeship
modern art
modern convenience
modern dance
Modern English
moderner
modern first
Modern French
modern greats
Modern Greek
Modern Hebrew
modernise, modernize
modernism
modernista
modernity
Modern Japanese
modern jazz
Modern Korean
modern language
modernly
modernness
modern pentathlon
modern physics
Modern Portuguese
modern school
modern sequence dancing
Modern Standard Arabic
non-modern, nonmodern
post-modern, postmodern
postpostmodern
premodern
prepostmodern
secondary modern, secondary modern school
transmodern
ultra-modern, ultramodern
unmodern

Related terms

moderne
Modernisme
modernus

Translations

Arabic: عَصْرِيّ‎ (ʕaṣriyy), حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ), مُعَاصِر‎ (ar) (muʕāṣir)
Armenian: ժամանակակից (hy) (žamanakakicʿ), արդիական (hy) (ardiakan)
Asturian: modernu
Belarusian: суча́сны (sučásny)
Bengali: আধুনিক (bn) (adhunik)
Bulgarian: моде́рен (bg) (modéren), съвреме́нен (bg) (sǎvreménen)
Catalan: modern (ca) m
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現代的／现代的 (zh) (xiàndài de), 摩登 (zh) (módēng), 近代的 (zh) (jìndài de)
Czech: moderní (cs), současný (cs)
Danish: moderne (da)
Dutch: modern (nl), eigentijds (nl), hedendaags (nl), nieuwerwets (nl)
Esperanto: moderna
Finnish: moderni (fi), nykyaikainen (fi), uudenaikainen (fi)
French: moderne (fr)
Galician: moderno (gl)
Georgian: თანამედროვე (tanamedrove)
German: modern (de)
Greek: μοντέρνος (el) m (montérnos), σύγχρονος (el) m (sýnchronos)
Haitian Creole: modèn
Hebrew: מוֹדֶרְנִי‎ m (moderní)
Hungarian: modern (hu)
Icelandic: nútímalegur (is)
Ido: moderna (io)
Indonesian: modern (id), mutakhir (id)
Irish: nua-aoiseach, nua-aimseartha
Italian: moderno (it)
Japanese: モダンな (modan na), 近代的 (ja) (きんだいてき, kindaiteki), 現代的 (ja) ((げんだいてき, gendaiteki)
Kazakh: модернистік (modernistık)
Khmer: ទំនើប (km) (tumnəəp), សម័យថ្មី (sa’may tməy)
Korean: 현대의 (ko) (hyeondae'ui)
Kyrgyz: заманбап (ky) (zamanbap)
Latvian: moderns
Macedonian: модерен (moderen), современ (sovremen)
Norman: modèrne m or f
Norwegian: moderne (no)
Oriya: ଆଧୁନିକ (adhunikô)
Persian: مدرن‎ (fa) (modern)
Plautdietsch: niemootsch
Polish: nowoczesny (pl), współczesny (pl)
Portuguese: moderno (pt)
Russian: совреме́нный (ru) (sovreménnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: nodha, ùr-nodha
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: модеран, савремен
- Roman: moderan (sh), savremen (sh)
Slovak: moderný (sk), súčasný (sk)
Slovene: moderen, sodoben (sl)
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: moderny
Spanish: moderno (es)
Tagalog: moderno
Swedish: modern (sv), nutida (sv)
Telugu: ఆధునికం (te) (ādhunikaṁ)
Turkish: çağdaş (tr), modern (tr), muasır (tr) (archaic), çağcıl (tr)
Ukrainian: суча́сний (sučásnyj)
Vietnamese: hiện đại (vi)
Volapük: nulädik (vo)
Yiddish: מאָדערן‎ (modern)

Danish: moderne (da)
Finnish: moderni (fi)
French: moderne (fr)
Greek: νεώτερος (el) m (neóteros)
Russian: совреме́нный (ru) (sovreménnyj)
Swedish: modern (sv)
Tagalog: moderno

Noun

modern (plural moderns)

Someone who lives in modern times.

Anagrams

Morden, Redmon, morned, nerdom, normed, rodmen

modern - Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA: /moˈdɛɾn/
(Central) IPA: /muˈdɛrn/

Adjective

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

modern

Derived terms

modern - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /moːˈdɛrn/
Hyphenation: mo‧dern

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)

modern
(historical, Protestantism) modernist
- Synonym: modernistisch

Inflection

Inflection 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	—

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Indonesian: modern
→ Papiamentu: modern (dated)

modern - German

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈmoːdɐn/

Verb

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

to rot, to molder

Conjugation

	singular	plural		singular	plural
infinitive		modern
present participle		modernd
past participle		gemodert
auxiliary		haben
	indicative			subjunctive
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.

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

Pronunciation

IPA: /moˈdɛʁn/

Adjective

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

Declension

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Derived terms

Modernismus

modern - Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈmodɛrn]
Hyphenation: mo‧dern

Adjective

modern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)

modern
- Synonym: korszerű

Declension

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

modern - Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA: /moˈtɛn/

Adjective

modern

modern

Declension

Declension of modern
		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

modern - Indonesian

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

modèrn

modern.
- Synonyms: terbaru, mutakhir

Noun

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

modern.

Derived terms

kemodernan
memodernkan
pemodernan
termodern

Related terms

modern - Romanian

Adjective

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

modern

Declension

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

modern - Swedish

Adjective

modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)

Declension

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

Antonyms

omodern

Related terms

Noun

modern

definite singular of moder.
definite singular of mor.

Anagrams

morden

modern - Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA: /moˈdæɾn/

Adjective

modern

modern

Declension

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?