ABSTRACT

An adjective used attributively (i.e. before the noun) will always take an -e ending except in the following cases, all of them indefinite:

(a) Before a singular neuter noun preceded by een, elk, enig, geen, genoeg, ieder, menig, veel, welk, zo’n, zulk, e.g.:

een klein huis ‘a small house’, geen klein huis ‘not a small house’, elk/ieder klein meisje ‘every/each small girl’, genoeg wit papier ‘enough white paper’, welk wit papier ‘which white paper’

(b) Before singular neuter nouns preceded by nothing, i.e. oud brood ‘stale bread’, zoet water ‘fresh water’.1