# irrelevant
## English
### Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪˈɹɛl.ə.vənt/
** Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)

### Adjective

irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)
* Not relevant, as:
** Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
    Synonyms: unrelated, unassociated, uncorrelated, random, stochastic, alien
** Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.
    Synonyms: unimportant, immaterial, incidental, inapplicable
** 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35:
    Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door. "Haven't seen her since," he said.
* (slang, derogatory) No longer famous or popular; washed up.

#### Antonyms

* relevant

#### Derived terms

* irrelevance
* irrelevantly

#### Translations
## Danish
### Adjective

irrelevant
* irrelevant

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Related terms

* irrelevans

### References

* “irrelevant” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to ir- +‎ relevant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɪ.reː.ləˈvɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ir‧re‧le‧vant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Adjective

irrelevant (comparative irrelevanter, superlative irrelevantst)
* irrelevant
    Antonym: relevant

#### Derived terms

* irrelevantie

### Further reading

* “irrelevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Adjective

irrelevant (strong nominative masculine singular irrelevanter, not comparable)
* irrelevant
    Synonyms: unerheblich, unbedeutend, unwichtig, unmaßgeblich, nebensächlich
    Antonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich, wesentlich, relevant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “irrelevant” in Duden online
* “irrelevant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

### Adjective

irrelevant (neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)
* irrelevant

#### Related terms

* irrelevans

### References

* “irrelevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

### Adjective

irrelevant (neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)
* irrelevant

#### Related terms

* irrelevans

### References

* “irrelevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Adjective

irrelevant (comparative mer irrelevant, superlative mest irrelevant)
* irrelevant
    Synonym: ovidkommande
    Antonym: relevant

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Adverb

irrelevant (not comparable)
* irrelevantly

### Further reading

* irrelevant in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* ventilerar