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In addition to the other responses, the Kaufmann and his attributes in Die Ermordung des reichen französischen Kaufmanns are genitive in relation to the noun "Ermordung" (whose murder? Wessen Ermordung? -- genitive). The construction as a whole is not an accusative at all. The following would be an accusative: Er hat einen reichen französischen ...

The core can never be 2 nouns (except enumerations)... We have 2 things here, Ermordung and Kaufmann and it is not an enumeration. Die Zeitung berichtet über die Ermordung, den Kaufmann und Uli Hoeneß. The Kaufmann is connected to Ermordung using a Genitive. What endings adjectives describing Kaufmann get is completely independent of what the ...

First, as you see on inflection tables the masculine accusative of reich is always reichen. It doesn't matter if it's weak, strong or mixed inflection. But as @Anke already said in a comment it's genitive case here. You ask: "Wessen Ermordung? Die eines reichen franz. Kaufmannes". Again, have a look at the table and you'll notice that the ending must be an ...