# primitiv

primitiv is a German adjective meaning “primitive”. Forms: primitiver, am primitivsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: primitiver
- Superlative: am primitivsten

## In other languages

- Русский: примитивный, первобытный, первоначальный

## Meanings

1. primitive

## Examples

- In primitiven Gesellschaften wurde Tauschhandel betrieben. — In primitive societies barter was used.
- Der Anthropologe hielt eine Vorlesung über primitive Kulturen. — The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.
- Sie benutzten diese primitiven Werkzeuge. — They used those primitive tools.
- Primitive Rechenapparate gab es schon lange vor Entwicklung des Computers. — Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
- Schon lange, bevor der Computer entwickelt worden war, existierten primitive Rechenapparate. — Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.

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