13 Adjective Endings

Adjectives used "predicatively"

Adjectives can be used "predicatively", i.e., used to make a definite statement about a noun:

• Der Wolf ist grau. The wolf is gray.
• Der Sommer ist warm. The summer is warm.

When used in this way, endings are not added to the adjective: it is used without endings, just as it is cited in the dictionary and in the Vocab Builder.

With a determiner

Adjectives often appear between the determiner and the noun (as they do in English, between "the" and the noun).

When there is a determiner, the declension of an adjective is quite simple, as shown in the following table, using gut, "good", as the paradigm. This is considered to be the "weak" declension.

• Das Paar mietet eine kleine Wohnung. The couple are renting a small flat.
• Ich danke dir für die schöne Karte. I thank you for the beautiful card.
  

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