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If »Geld« is neuter, then why not »genuges Geld«?
In this sentence the word »genug« (enough) does not describe a property of »Geld« (money). You can test this when you try to use this word as an attribute in a nominal phrase that is used as subject ...
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If »Geld« is neuter, then why not »genuges Geld«?
Genug is an adverb in your example sentence. Adverbs in German do not take adjective endings.
Here's a similar example with the use of genug as an adverb from dict.cc:
Als ob ich nicht schon ...
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Why does “Schweiz” form the corresponding adjective like a city?
The origin of the name "Schweiz" is indeed the name of the town "Schwyz" and the canton with the same name.
In the 14th century the Swiss people were actually called "Eidgenossen". After a battle (...
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Is "Guten Morgen" in the accusative? Are all greetings so?
You are correct. "Guten Morgen" is short for "Ich wünsche dir/Ihnen einen guten Morgen".
Likewise, "Guten Tag" is short for "Ich wünsche dir/Ihnen einen guten Tag". Same with "Guten Abend".
As you ...
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My parents are Afghan
Your thought in the edit was correct: If you want to refer to multiple Afghans in German, the plural noun Afghanen is used. It comprises male and female individuals alike.
Meine Eltern sind ...
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Adjektiv für Mehrzahl ("liebe Erika und Richard" vs "liebe Erika und lieber Richard")
Liebe Erika und Richard ist weniger ein Grammatik- denn ein Stilproblem
Das Stilempfinden deutscher Prägung leidet unter der fehlenden Adjektivkongruenz. Da das Problem nicht lösbar ist, weicht man ...
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If »Geld« is neuter, then why not »genuges Geld«?
Addendum to the answers here,
the adjective form of the genug is genügend. It can be translated as sufficient in English.
Some examples from internet with this adjective;
Ich war ohne Mittel, denn ...
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Warum heißt der Film "Das radikal Böse" anstatt "Das radikale Böse"?
Kommt darauf an, was man qualifizieren will - es kann beides richtig sein. Nehmen wir ein anderes Beispiel:
Die furchtbare Alte (1)
vs.
Die furchtbar Alte (2)
In (1) bezieht sich das "...
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Sie hat braune Haare
You could say either
Sie hat braune Haare.
or
Sie hat braunes Haar.
In the former, "Haare" is plural (which seems fitting, given that she has about 100000 single hairs on her head), ...
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Mit gutem roten Wein?
Die Vermutung mit der „umgangssprachlichen Sonderregel“ trifft es eigentlich genau, es gibt nur eine weitere Einschränkung: Die Sonderregel gilt nur für den Dativ, und da in erster Linie für ...
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Grammatical case with "drücken in"
You are facing the problem of differentiating between strong, weak, and mixed declension of adjectives. I will illustrate the three forms with the adjective kalt and the plural noun Venen in ...
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"guter gesundheitlicher Versorgung" why 'er'?
You're missing the preposition "dank" which requires Genitive (or Dative, i personally prefer Genitive). Thus, "Gesundheitsversorgung" / "Versorgung" isn't Nominative but ...
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Declension of "erster" as an adjective
You are right!
The sentence
Er behauptete, der Welt erster Fallschirmspringer zu sein.
possesses a preposed genitive, i.e., der Welt. Here, the article der belongs to Welt and not to ...
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"eine multikulturell funktionierende Demokratie"
Deine Frage ist unabhängig von der Objekteigenschaft oder der Präposition. Es kommt hier nur darauf an, was bestimmt wird:
eine multikulturell funktionierende Demokratie
Das Wort multikulturell ...
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My parents are Afghan
Woher kommen deine Eltern?
There's no need to return a full sentence by repeating »Eltern« and »kommen«, the most simple (and probably most common) answer would be:
Aus Afghanistan.
Some say just
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Warum ändert "keine" den Fall?
Kein ändert nicht den Fall, sondern die Deklinationsform. Adjektive können schwach oder stark dekliniert werden, je nachdem ob ihnen ein Artikelwort vorausgeht oder nicht. Für das Adjektiv schnell zum ...
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Strong adjective endings
Unfortunately, that is just a quirk of the German language without any known explanation.
The strong ending in the dative singular masculine and neuter is ‑em, the weak ending is ‑en. Adjectives are ...
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Why does “Bayreuther Festspielhaus” not inflect according to gender?
The forms ending in -er that are generated from geographical names are not really adjectives. Most importantly, they are invariable, i.e. do not inflect according to case, number or presence of an ...
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Why does “Schweiz” form the corresponding adjective like a city?
This rule actually refers to "geographical names" rather than just cities - the capitalisation of "Schweizer" thus just follows the rules :)
D 90:
Von geografischen Namen abgeleitete Wörter ...
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Why do we say "Er weiß gut Bescheid"? Gut is an adjetive in akk that follows a noun, isn't it?
No, despite looking similar, this is not the construction as in
Er weiß guten Rat (He has good advice)
but an adverb stating the degree of his knowledge. So the meaning of gut is the same as in
Ich ...
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Why is it 'Er lag auf seinem panzerartig harten Rücken' instead of 'Er lag auf seinem panzerartigen harten Rücken'?
Sometimes it's small things that make a difference:
Sie wusch ihr künstliches blondes Haar.
She washed her artificial blonde hair.
Sie wusch ihr künstlich blondes Haar.
She washed her ...
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German adjectives that end in an "e" such as "leise" and "lose"
There are even much more adjectives ending in -e:
behände, etepetete, flügge, frigide, gelinde, gerade, greise, irre, kirre, klasse, knülle, krude, leise, lose, marode, meschugge, morbide, müde, ...
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quarantänefreies
I mean, the -es ending would have been ok, if we were talking about a neuter noun in the singular, right?
The text is talking about a neuter noun in the singular.
"Reisen", in this ...
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Incorrect declension of possessive adjectives in DW manuscript?
The case is determined by the preposition “in”. Now “in” is a two-way preposition, it can take either accusative or dative, depending on the meaning. In this case, it is “sich in etw (Akkusativ) fügen“...
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why is the ending of this demonstrative adj in -e not -er?
In German, we have the two verbs sitzen and setzen that both translate to the English to sit. Sitzen is used when you are already sitting at the location, which is why it demands the dative case:
Wo ...
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Grammatik in »Russisch Brot«
Nichts davon.
Duden "Handbuch der deutschen Grammatik" sagt dazu:
Das attributive Adjektiv tritt im Deutschen [...] vor sein Bezugssubstantiv [...] und richtet sich in Kasus, Genus und Numerus ...
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What are the difference between "schnellstes" or "am schnellsten"?
schneller, schnelle, schnelles
This is just the base form (i.e. "fast"), for all three genders. (schneller can also be the comparative for the adjective schnell)
Ein schneller Hund, eine schnelle ...
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Is the sentence “Sie betonte jedoch, die Geldpolitik folge keinem vorgegebenem Kurs” correct?
Kein is an indefinite pronoun that functions as an article would. And it has almost the same effects on adjectives following it as articles have.
When standing alone, adjectives use the strong ...
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Deklination von Adjektiv, die auf einen Vokal enden
Es gibt im Deutschen Adjektive, die gar nicht flektiert werden können. Einige deiner Beispiele gehören dazu:
N: Der prima Schuh
A: den prima Schuh
G: des prima Schuhs
D: dem prima Schuh
Dabei ...
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In "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag," why adjective Herzlichen?
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Guten Tag!
Schönen Abend!
Gute Reise!
Alles Gute!
In all those congratulations is an "Ich wünsche dir" or "Ich wünsche Ihnen" ommited in front. The describing ...
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