Declension and comparison German adjective

The declension of the adjective (eight, eight o'clock) uses the incomparable form . The adjective has no forms for the comparative and superlative. The adjective can be used both attributively in front of a noun as well as predicative in conjunction with a verb.One can not only inflect and compare , but all German adjectives. Comments

A1 · adjective · positive · not comparable

acht

acht · - · -

English eight, eight o'clock, eighth

/axt/ · /axt/

[Zeit, Zahlen] Kardinalzahl 8; acht Uhr, zwanzig Uhr; acht Uhr, achtjährig, zwanzig Uhr

» Er ist acht . English He is eight.

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The strong inflection of without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Feminine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Neutral

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Plural

Nom. acht/achte⁵⁷
Gen. acht
Dat. acht/achten
Acc. acht/achte⁵⁷

⁷ Obsolete⁰ Depends on meaning⁵ Only in colloquial use


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Weak declension

The weak inflection of the adjective with the definite article 'der' or with pronouns like 'dieser' and 'jener'


Masculine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Feminine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Neutral

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Plural

Nom. dieacht
Gen. deracht
Dat. denacht
Acc. dieacht
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Mixed declension

The mixed inflection of the adjective with the indefinite article 'ein' or with pronouns like 'kein' and 'mein'


Masculine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Feminine

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Neutral

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

Plural

Nom. keineacht
Gen. keineracht
Dat. keinenacht
Acc. keineacht

Predicative use

Using as predicative


Singular

Masc.erist-
Fem.sieist-
Neut.esist-

Plural

siesindacht

Examples

Example sentences for


  • Er ist acht . 
    English He is eight.
  • Ich habe acht Geschwister. 
    English I have eight brothers and sisters.
  • Es ist acht Uhr abends. 
    English It's eight o'clock at night.
  • Er arbeitet acht Stunden am Tag. 
    English He works eight hours a day.
  • Tom geht um acht Uhr zur Arbeit. 
    English Tom goes to work at eight o'clock.
  • Ich gebe für dich auf deinen Koffer acht . 
    English I take care of your suitcase.
  • Weck mich um acht . 
    English Get me up at eight.

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Translations

Translation of German


German
English eight, eight o'clock, eight-year-old, eighth
Russian восемь, двадцать, восьмёрка
Spanish ocho
French huit
Turkish sekiz, yirmi
Portuguese oito, vinte
Italian otto, venti
Romanian opt, douăzeci
Hungarian nyolc, húsz, nyolcan
Polish osiem, dwadzieścia
Greek οκτώ, είκοσι
Dutch acht, twintig
Czech osm, dvacet, osmý
Swedish åtta, tjugo
Danish otte, tyve
Japanese 
Catalan vuit, vuit hores
Finnish kahdeksan, kaksikymmentä
Norwegian tjue, åtte
Basque zortzi
Serbian dvadeset, osam, осам, осморка
Macedonian осум, дваесет, осум часот
Slovenian osem, dvajset, osem ura
Slowakisch osem, dvadsať
Bosnian dvadeset, osam
Croatian osam, dvadeset, osmorka
Ukrainian вісім, двадцять
Bulgarian осем, осем часа
Belorussian восем, восем гадзін, восемь, дваццаць
Indonesian delapan, delapan tahun
Vietnamese tám, tám tuổi
Uzbek sakkiz, olti yosh, olti yoshli, sakkiz yoshli
Hindi आठ, आठ साल का, आठ-वर्षीय
Chinese 八, 八岁
Thai แปด, แปดขวบ
Korean 여덟, 여덟 살, 팔, 여덟 살짜리
Azerbaijani səkkiz, səkkiz yaşlı
Georgian რვა, რვა წლის
Bengali আট, আট বছর বয়সী
Albanian tetë, tetë vjeçar
Marathi आठ, आठ वर्षांचा, आठ वर्षाचा
Nepali आठ, आठ वर्षका, आठ वर्षको
Telugu ఎనిమిది, ఎడు, ఎనిమిది సంవత్సరాల వయసు, ఎనిమిది సంవత్సరాల వయస్సు, ఎనిమిది సంవత్సరాల వయస్సు కలిగిన
Latvian astoņgadīgs, astoņi, astoņus gadus vecs
Tamil எட்டு, எட்டு வயது, எட்டு வயதுடைய
Estonian kaheksa, kaheksa-aastane
Armenian ութ, ութ տարեկան
Kurdish heşt, heşt salî
Hebrewשמונה، עשרים
Arabicثمانية، عشرون
Persianبیست، هشت
Urduآٹھ، بیس

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of

  • [Zahlen] Kardinalzahl 8, Zahl zwischen sieben und neun
  • [Zeit] acht Uhr, zwanzig Uhr, acht Uhr, zwanzig Uhr
  • [Zahlen] acht Jahre (alt), achtjährig

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The declension and comparison of as declination and comparison tables with all strong, weak and mixed forms. These become clear as tables in the singular and plural and in all four cases nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.

Comparison of adjectives

positive acht
comparative -
superlative -
  • positive: acht
  • comparative: -
  • superlative: -

Strong declension

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. acht(e) acht(e) acht(e) acht(e)
Gen. acht acht acht acht
Dat. acht(en) acht(en) acht(en) acht(en)
Acc. acht(e) acht(e) acht(e) acht(e)
  • Masculine: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Feminine: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Neutral: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Plural: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)

Weak declension

  • Masculine: die acht, der acht, den acht, die acht
  • Feminine: die acht, der acht, den acht, die acht
  • Neutral: die acht, der acht, den acht, die acht
  • Plural: die acht, der acht, den acht, die acht

Mixed declension

  • Masculine: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Feminine: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Neutral: acht(e), acht, acht(en), acht(e)
  • Plural: keine acht, keiner acht, keinen acht, keine acht

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* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 2140974, 356571, 613635, 360860, 8887966, 6146451, 913918

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