Declension and comparison German adjective adult

The declension of the adjective adult (adult, mature) uses the incomparable form adult. The adjective has no forms for the comparative and superlative. The adjective adult 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 adult, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

C1 · adjective · positive · not comparable

adult

adult · - · -

English adult, mature

[Medizin] erwachsen, geschlechtsreif

» Einmal sah ich dort, wie eine Forelle einen adulten Bergmolch ohne Schwierigkeiten glatt verschluckte. English Once I saw there how a trout smoothly swallowed an adult mountain newt without difficulty.

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The strong inflection of adult without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. adulter
Gen. adulten
Dat. adultem
Acc. adulten

Feminine

Nom. adulte
Gen. adulter
Dat. adulter
Acc. adulte

Neutral

Nom. adultes
Gen. adulten
Dat. adultem
Acc. adultes

Plural

Nom. adulte
Gen. adulter
Dat. adulten
Acc. adulte
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. deradulte
Gen. desadulten
Dat. demadulten
Acc. denadulten

Feminine

Nom. dieadulte
Gen. deradulten
Dat. deradulten
Acc. dieadulte

Neutral

Nom. dasadulte
Gen. desadulten
Dat. demadulten
Acc. dasadulte

Plural

Nom. dieadulten
Gen. deradulten
Dat. denadulten
Acc. dieadulten
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einadulter
Gen. einesadulten
Dat. einemadulten
Acc. einenadulten

Feminine

Nom. eineadulte
Gen. eineradulten
Dat. eineradulten
Acc. eineadulte

Neutral

Nom. einadultes
Gen. einesadulten
Dat. einemadulten
Acc. einadultes

Plural

Nom. keineadulten
Gen. keineradulten
Dat. keinenadulten
Acc. keineadulten

Predicative use

Using adult as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristadult
Fem.sieistadult
Neut.esistadult

Plural

siesindadult

Examples

Example sentences for adult

  • Einmal sah ich dort, wie eine Forelle einen adulten Bergmolch ohne Schwierigkeiten glatt verschluckte. 
    English Once I saw there how a trout smoothly swallowed an adult mountain newt without difficulty.
  • Adulte Kammmolche sind während des Wasseraufenthaltes vorwiegend in der Dunkelheit aktiv. 
    English Adult newts are predominantly active in the dark during their stay in the water.
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Translations

Translation of German adult

German adult
English adult, mature
Russian взрослый, совершеннолетний
Spanish adulto, maduro
French adulte, mature
Turkish yetişkin, erişkin
Portuguese adulto, maduro
Italian adulto, maturato
Romanian adult, matur
Hungarian felnőtt, érett
Polish dojrzały, dorosły
Greek ενήλικος, ώριμος
Dutch volwassen, rijp
Czech dospělý, zralý
Swedish mogen, vuxen
Danish moden, voksen
Japanese 成人, 成熟
Catalan adult, madur
Finnish aikuinen, kypsä
Norwegian moden, voksen
Basque heldu
Serbian odrasli, zreo
Macedonian возрасен, полноцен
Slovenian odrasel, polnoleten
Slowakisch dospelý, plnoletý
Bosnian odrasla, zrela
Croatian odrasla, zrela
Ukrainian дорослий, статевозрілий
Bulgarian възрастен, пълнолетен
Belorussian дарослы, паводле ўзросту
Hebrewבוגר، מפותח
Arabicبالغ، ناضج
Persianبالغ، رسیده
Urduبالغ، نابالغ

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Meanings and synonyms of adult
  • [Medizin] erwachsen, geschlechtsreif
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Declension and comparison forms of adult

Summary of all declination forms and forms of comparisons of the adjective adult in all genera and cases

The declension and comparison of adult 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 adult

positive adult
comparative -
superlative -
  • positive: adult
  • comparative: -
  • superlative: -

Strong declension adult

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. adulter adulte adultes adulte
Gen. adulten adulter adulten adulter
Dat. adultem adulter adultem adulten
Acc. adulten adulte adultes adulte
  • Masculine: adulter, adulten, adultem, adulten
  • Feminine: adulte, adulter, adulter, adulte
  • Neutral: adultes, adulten, adultem, adultes
  • Plural: adulte, adulter, adulten, adulte

Weak declension adult

  • Masculine: der adulte, des adulten, dem adulten, den adulten
  • Feminine: die adulte, der adulten, der adulten, die adulte
  • Neutral: das adulte, des adulten, dem adulten, das adulte
  • Plural: die adulten, der adulten, den adulten, die adulten

Mixed declension adult

  • Masculine: ein adulter, eines adulten, einem adulten, einen adulten
  • Feminine: eine adulte, einer adulten, einer adulten, eine adulte
  • Neutral: ein adultes, eines adulten, einem adulten, ein adultes
  • Plural: keine adulten, keiner adulten, keinen adulten, keine adulten

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