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Different adjective endings within the same sentence. What am I missing?
Der Preis des glamourösen Luxus, feiner Holzarbeiten und würzig duftenden Leders liegt bei wenigstens 214 000 Euro.
All the items in the list are in genitive case, as they are all genitive ...
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der Staat is it gemischte Deklination or starke Deklination?
First, in my experience the "Strong/Mixed/Weak" classification for nouns is more confusing than helpful for learners. With all due respect to Jacob Grimm who invented it, I think it was ...
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In letzter Minute - grammatic question
A look in our favourite declension table reveals, you are mistaken.
in letzter Minute
Because Minute is female, it has to be letzter in Dativ. That is because there is no article in this ...
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Why do I see different declension tables for the same noun in different sources?
The problem is that Collins is offering two different words, "der Name" and "der Namen". with one declension table for each word. I've checked in Duden, and it says that usage of &...
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Soll ich "unser achter Hund" or "unser achte Hund" schreiben?
Wenn ich die Frage richtig verstehe, geht es um eine Regel, die ungefähr besagt: Wenn das Artikelwort das Genus anzeigt, wird das Adjektiv schwach flektiert. Artikelwörter, die das Genus anzeigen, ...
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Is »haben« always accusative or sometimes dative?
Let's analyze that sentence.
Drei von ihnen hatten Gitarren auf dem Schoß.
Drei von ihnen – topic, subject, nominative, including a preposition+dative determiner von ihnen
hatten – finite verb, ...
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Different adjective endings within the same sentence. What am I missing?
In the example sentence, there is an enumeration of prices, all of which are in genitive case:
der Preis ...
... des glamourösen Luxus (male, genitive singular)
... feiner Holzarbeiten (...
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What type of declension is used for the nouns `Deutsche` and `Verwandte`?
Those are (at least originally) nominalized adjectives, their declension is like that of adjectives. Just imagine that they are followed by a noun.
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What is the case of "einem" in this context?
The einem could be translated into English as to you (or a bit longer but closer to the original meaning: to the person making the observation).
So
Man hat so Dinge im Kopf, die einem wichtig ...
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The case for "article + adjective + noun" combination?
The simple answer is that articles (or more generally, determiners) and adjectives belong to different parts of speech and therefore inflect differently. It will all make at least a little bit of ...
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What type of declension is used for the nouns `Deutsche` and `Verwandte`?
One problem you are encountering is, that Verwandte may be two entirely different things:
a female relative (singular),
a collection of relatives (nominative plural).
Sie hat keine Verwandte is ...
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What is the case of "einem" in this context?
The Wiktionary entry for vorkommen lists characteristic word combinations. If vorkommen is used with the meaning [4] auf jemanden in einer Weise wirken, it is often used as:
[4] jemandem kommt ...
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Why do I see different declension tables for the same noun in different sources?
You stumbled across two similar, but still different words: der Name and der Namen. Some dictionaries describe them as two separate words, other dictionaries describe them as one word that has two ...
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der Staat is it gemischte Deklination or starke Deklination?
It doesn't help to look at the singular form alone. You must take in account the declension of the plural form too.
The Wikipedia article about German declension lists »Staat« as an example for ...
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The case for "article + adjective + noun" combination?
Those declination patterns are the result of constant mangling and selection for both distinctiveness and ease of speech. That's why there seems to be no system.
The basic rule is:
Once there is a ...
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The case for "article + adjective + noun" combination?
Mastering case and gender agreement in fluent speech is an immensely tough nut to crack, so to anyone learning German as L2: Kudos; nicht aufgeben!
Two patterns overlap here (I was tempted to write "...
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