Talk:German adjectives

To correctly agree German adjectives, the case, number and gender of the nominal phrase must be considered along with the article of the noun.

Sounds very awkward (Especially "to correctly agree"). I can't think of a good alternative right now.

134.226.1.234 17:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Golly, the correct verb is "to decline":

To correctly decline German adjectives...

"decline" is the verb that goes with "declension".

Also, where have you been living? In English, the verb "to agree" is an intransitive verb, which means that it NEVER takes a direct object.

98.81.0.222 (talk) 18:21, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

viel- is just an adjective and doesn't have definite article declination

I didn't want to just march in and change it, but this is wrong with regard to "viel-":

After manch- (some), solch- (such), viel- (much; many), welch- (which), which have definite article declination.

i.e. "Ich habe viele neue Bücher gekauft", not "viele neuen"

206.126.254.94 22:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I'll change it. — Sebastian 22:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"All-" in fact has has weak (i.e. definite article) inflection

Again, I don't want to go in and mess about with this, but there are still some errors:

"All-" actually has weak (i.e. definite article) inflection, as in "alle guten Dinge" (c.f. wrong "alle gute Dinge" and correct "viele gute Dinge")

This is the text as it stands:

Strong inflection

Strong inflection is used:

o ...
o ...
o After wenig- (few), viel- (much; many), mehrer- (several; many), all- (all), which also have strong adjective inflection.

The italicised bit seems a bit superfluous...!

Just thought I'd check with others before fiddling about with the article text. I may not be 100% correct with this due to some potential ambiguity with mixed and weak inflection in this regard. Thanks! Frog escalator 14:56, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very Misleading!

"Like articles, adjectives use the same plural endings for all three genders.

      ein lauter Krach ("a loud noise")

      der laute Krach ("the loud noise")
   
      der große, schöne Mond ("the big, beautiful moon")

      der lustige Mann ("the funny man")

You have made a statement in the first sentence, and then (after a close look), you have followed this with four examples that do not have anything to do with the topic sentence of the paragraph.
"Like articles, adjectives use the same plural endings for all three genders."

You need examples of what the sentence is all about, such as this one:
"Die rote Ferraris sind sehr schnell."