ABSTRACT

In German, attributive adjectives have endings which indicate the same grammatical categories as nouns, i.e. case, Number and geNder. They are said to decliNe in agreemeNt with the noun.

There are two main sets of adjective endings in German, the so-called stroNg and weak declensions, which are shown in Tables 6.2 to 6.5. Which one is used depends on whether or not there is also a determiner in the noun phrase, and what kind of ending it has (if any). Predicative adjectives have no endings.