erste

• 1. (abbreviation)
• ehrste (obsolete)

From Middle High German ērest, from Old High German ērist, from Proto-West Germanic *airist.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːrstə/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯stə], [ˈʔɛɐ̯stə]

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• Hyphenation: ers‧te

erste (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular erster, not comparable)

1. (ordinal number) first

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• allererste
• Erster, Erste
• ersterer
• erste Wahl
• in erster Linie

• erst
• zuerst

• “erste” in Duden online
• “erste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from German erst. Decision no. 599, Progreso IV.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.ste/, /ˈɛɾs.te/

erste

1. not before, not until (then), only (not earlier than), for the first time (of time)

   Me venos erste morge.

   I won't come before tomorrow.

   La proxima numero di ca jurnalo aparos erste komence di agosto.

   The next edition of the newspaper will not come until the beginning of August.

   Ja en la printempo me suspektis il, ma erste dum lua somervakanco me recevis certeso.

   I already suspected him in back in spring, but I only became sure during summer vacation.

   Il remarkis l'eroro erste ye la sequanta matino.

   He noticed the error for the first time the following morning.

*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.

• Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 669
• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, pages 103, 104, 418, 629
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, pages 346, 525, 562

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːrste/, [ˈɛːrste]

ērste

1. strong nominative or accusative singular feminine of ērst
2. strong nominative, accusative or dative plural of ērst
3. weak nominative singular feminine of ērst
4. weak nominative or accusative singular neuter of ērst