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Adjectives

When adjectives are used before a noun, their endings vary like the words for der and ein, depending on the gender (masculine, feminine or neuter) and whether the noun is plural, and how the noun is used in the sentence (whether it is the subject, object, etc.). Here are examples using the adjective klug - clever





masculine


feminine


Nominative


der kluge Mann


die kluge Frau




ein kluger Mann


eine kluge Frau


Accusative


den klugen Mann


die kluge Frau




einen klugen Mann


eine kluge Frau


Genitive


des klugen Mannes


der klugen Frau




eines klugen Mannes


einer klugen Frau


Dative


dem klugen Mann


der klugen Frau




einem klugen Mann


einer klugen Frau


 





neuter


plural


Nominative


das kluge Kind


die klugen Männer




ein kluges Kind


kluge Frauen


Accusative


das kluge Kind


die klugen Männer




ein kluges Kind


kluge Frauen


Genitive


des klugen Kindes


der klugen Männer




eines klugen Kindes


kluger Frauen


Dative


dem klugen Kind


den klugen Männern




einem klugen Kind


klugen Frauen


When the adjective follows the verb, then there is no agreement:

der Mann ist klug
die Frau ist klug
das Kind ist klug

 

my, your, his, her

These words all take the same endings as for ein and they agree with the noun they accompany, i.e. whether masculine, feminine, neuter, plural and according to the function of the noun (nominative, accusative, etc.):

mein Mann kommt my husband is coming (nom.)
ich liebe meinen Mann I love my husband (acc.)
das Auto meines Mannes my husband's car (gen.)
ich gebe es meinem Mann I give it to my husband (dat.)
meine Kinder kommen my children are coming (nom. pl.)
ich liebe meine Kinder I love my children (acc. pl.)
die Spielsachen meiner Kinder my children's toys (gen. pl.)
ich gebe es meinen Kindern I give it to my children (dat. pl.)

Other words which take these endings are:
dein your (familiar sing.) ; sein his ; ihr her ; unser our ; euer your (familiar plural) ; Ihr your (polite sing. and plural) ; ihr their

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