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obsolete
Outdated, superseded, or no longer in use because it has been replaced by something newer or better. The term can refer to technologies, words, laws, or ideas.
Durch die Einführung von Smartphones sind Pager heute völlig obsolet.
With the introduction of smartphones, pagers are now completely obsolete.
'Obsolet' (obsolete) is a word from educated and formal usage. It sounds more refined and precise than the more everyday word 'veraltet' (outdated).
Manche alten Traditionen sind in der modernen Gesellschaft obsolet geworden.
Some old traditions have become obsolete in modern society.
As an adjective, 'obsolet' (obsolete) is usually used with the verbs 'sein' (to be), 'werden' (to become), or 'machen' (to make). A typical sentence structure is: 'Etwas ist/wird obsolet.' (Something is/becomes obsolete.) or 'Eine neue Entwicklung macht etwas anderes obsolet.' (A new development makes something else obsolete.)
Diese Software ist seit dem letzten Update obsolet.
This software has been obsolete since the last update.
The word often describes things that have been superseded by progress. Common combinations are 'obsolete Technik' (obsolete technology), 'obsolete Gesetze' (obsolete laws), 'obsolete Methoden' (obsolete methods), or 'obsoletes Wissen' (obsolete knowledge).
Er repariert obsolete Technik als Hobby.
He repairs obsolete technology as a hobby.
passé
passe and obsolet can both describe something as outdated. passe often merely says that an idea or practice is no longer current or fashionable; obsolet is the more formal assessment that it has been replaced by something newer or better. Use obsolet when that replacement is decisive.
Das alte Verfahren ist obsolet, weil eine schnellere Methode es ersetzt hat.
The old procedure is obsolete because it has been replaced by a faster method.
Die Idee, Briefe nur auf Papier zu schreiben, wirkt heute passé.
The idea of writing letters only on paper seems passé today.
