Adjective Endings

Question 1

When do adjectives need an ending?

Answer 1

When they precede a noun — das schöne Wetter

Question 2

What do adjective endings depend on?

Answer 2

If there is a determiner and if so, what kind of determiner

Question 3

What are the 3 different patterns?

Answer 3

1. weak endings
2. strong endings
3. mixed endings

Question 4

When are weak adjective endings used?

Answer 4

When the noun has a definite article

Still used when the definite article is hiding inside a contraction like von + dem = vom

Also used after:
— alle
— beider
— dieser
— jeder
— mach
— sloch
— welch

Question 5

What are the weak adjective endings?

Answer 5

-en for everything except

nominative M, F, N,
accusative F, N
= ‘e’

Question 6

When are strong adjective endings used?

Answer 6

When the noun has no article
> no article = adjective has to carry all info about gender/case

Other words:
— etwas
— mehr
— wenig
— viel
— mehrer
— einig

Also after numbers greater than one with no definite article

Question 7

What are the strong adjective endings?

Answer 7

Nom — -er / -e / -es / -e
Acc — -en / -e / -es / -e
Dat — -em / -er / -em / -en
Gen — -en / -er / -en / - er

Question 8

When are mixed adjective endings used?

Answer 8

When the noun has an indefinite article
For possessive determines like ‘mein/sein/ihr’

Question 9

What are the mixed adjective endings?

Answer 9

Everything ‘-en’ except:

— nom: masc = ‘-er’ | fem = ‘-e’ | neut = ‘-es’

— acc: fem = ‘e’ | neut = ‘-es’