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4.2 Adjective declension: some special cases

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Weak declension The weak declension is typically used after the definite article and all determiners which decline like dieser. There are only two endings, -e (used in the nominative singular and the accusative singular feminine and neuter) and -en (used everywhere else):

masculine nom. acc. gen. dat.

der gute den guten des guten dem guten

Wein Wein Weines Wein

feminine

neuter

plural

die gute Suppe die gute Suppe der guten Suppe der guten Suppe

das gute Brot das gute Brot des guten Brotes dem guten Brot

die guten Weine die guten Weine der guten Weine den guten Weinen

Strong declension The strong declension is almost identical to the endings of dieser (see 3.4). It is typically used if there is no determiner, or if the determiner has no ending, like singular viel or wenig (e.g. mit viel kaltem Wasser):

nom. acc. gen. dat.

masculine

feminine

neuter

plural

guter Wein guten Wein guten Weines gutem Wein

gute Suppe gute Suppe guter Suppe guter Suppe

gutes Brot gutes Brot guten Brotes gutem Brot

gute Weine gute Weine guter Weine guten Weinen

Mixed declension There is also a so-called ‘mixed’ declension, which is used after the indefinite article ein, the negative kein and the POSSESSIVES. After these determiners, adjectives have weak endings except in the nominative singular masculine and the nominative/accusative singular neuter. Here they have the strong endings because the determiner has no ending:

nom. acc. gen. dat.

masculine

feminine

neuter

plural

sein guter Wein seinen guten Wein seines guten Weines seinem guten Wein

seine gute Suppe seine gute Suppe seiner guten Suppe seiner guten Suppe

sein gutes Brot sein gutes Brot seines guten Brotes seinem guten Brot

seine guten Weine seine guten Weine seiner guten Weine seinen guten Weinen

4.2 Adjective declension: some special cases There are a few instances where adjective declensions do not follow the patterns outlined in section 4.1.

Adjectives have strong endings after einige, manche, mehrere, viele and wenige used in the plural.


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Register in context

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Word formation in context

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11.2 The formation of nouns

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10.8 The infinitive without zu

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prepositions

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10.6 Infinitive clauses

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9.7 The position of adverbials

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Word order in context

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9.2 Verbs at the end of the clause

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9.1 The ‘bracket’ construction

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9. Word order

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8.8 Place complements

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8.9 Direction complements

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8.10 Predicate complements

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8.7 Prepositional objects

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8.4 Other uses of the dative case

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8.1 Sentence patterns

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8.3 Dative objects

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7.14 dürfen

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7.19 wollen

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8. Valency and cases

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7.12 Subjunctive I: reported speech

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7.4 The passive with werden

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7.2 Present and future

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Verb forms in context

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7.3 Past and perfect

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6.11 List of strong and irregular verbs

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6.10 Vowel changes with strong verbs

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6.9 Forms of the subjunctive

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Prepositions in context

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5.2 Prepositions with the dative

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4.11 Adverbs of direction

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4.17 Cardinal numbers

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5. Prepositions

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4.10 Adverbs of place

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4.8 Adverbs and adverbials

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and superlative

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4.6 Comparison of adjectives

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4.5 Adjectives with prepositions

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special cases

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4.3 Adjectives used as nouns

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The noun phrase in context

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4.4 Adjectives with the dative

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3.8 Reflexive pronouns

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3.3 Uses of the articles

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3.4 Demonstratives

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3.6 Other determiners

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pronouns

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3.7 Personal pronouns

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2.12 Case marking on the noun

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2.2 Masculine nouns

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2.7 The plural of masculine nouns

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