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Deciding the declension of adjectives of names

Geboren(e) is a perfect participle (Partizip II), but here it simply acts as an adjective. How an adjective is declined depends on whether an article is present or not. Here we have an article (Der ......
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Deciding the declension of adjectives of names

"geboren" is the Partizip Perfekt of "gebären", which means "to bear (life)" or "to give birth". Partizipien can be used like Adjektive: stehlen (to steal) - ...
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"Auf gar keinen Fall" -- wieso Akkusativ?

Die einfache Regel: Bis auf die räumliche Bedeutung nimmt "auf" immer Akkusativ. "Auf" hat dabei aber eine Vielzahl von Bedeutungen, die vom folgenden Nomen oder vom Verb bestimmt ...
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