Declension and comparison German adjective arm

The declension of the adjective arm (poor, needy) uses these forms of the comparison arm,ärmer,am ärmsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are ä-er/ä-sten. The adjective arm 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 arm, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

noun
Arm, der
positive
arm
comparative
ärmer
superlative
am ärmsten

A2 · adjective · positive · irregular · comparable

arm

arm · ärmer · am ärmsten

Umlaut in the comparative and superlative  

English poor, needy, impoverished, pitiful, poorly equipped, under-equipped, wreched

/aʁm/ · /aʁm/ · /ˈɛʁmɐ/ · /ˈɛʁmstən/

[Gesellschaft, …] mittellos, kein Geld besitzend; bedauernswert; bemitleidenswert; mangels; abgebrannt; bedürftig

» Tom ist arm . English Tom is poor.

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The strong inflection of arm without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. armer
Gen. armen
Dat. armem
Acc. armen

Feminine

Nom. arme
Gen. armer
Dat. armer
Acc. arme

Neutral

Nom. armes
Gen. armen
Dat. armem
Acc. armes

Plural

Nom. arme
Gen. armer
Dat. armen
Acc. arme
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derarme
Gen. desarmen
Dat. demarmen
Acc. denarmen

Feminine

Nom. diearme
Gen. derarmen
Dat. derarmen
Acc. diearme

Neutral

Nom. dasarme
Gen. desarmen
Dat. demarmen
Acc. dasarme

Plural

Nom. diearmen
Gen. derarmen
Dat. denarmen
Acc. diearmen
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einarmer
Gen. einesarmen
Dat. einemarmen
Acc. einenarmen

Feminine

Nom. einearme
Gen. einerarmen
Dat. einerarmen
Acc. einearme

Neutral

Nom. einarmes
Gen. einesarmen
Dat. einemarmen
Acc. einarmes

Plural

Nom. keinearmen
Gen. keinerarmen
Dat. keinenarmen
Acc. keinearmen

Predicative use

Using arm as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristarm
Fem.sieistarm
Neut.esistarm

Plural

siesindarm

Examples

Example sentences for arm

  • Tom ist arm . 
    English Tom is poor.
  • Leider bin ich arm . 
    English Unfortunately, I am poor.
  • Wir sind arme Leute. 
    English We're poor people.
  • Hoffnung ist des Armen Brot. 
    English Hope is the bread of the poor.
  • Äthiopien ist ein armes Land. 
    English Ethiopia is a poor country.
  • Er ist ein armer Student. 
    English He's a poor student.
  • Das arme Mädchen war kaum achtzehn. 
    English The poor girl was barely eighteen.
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Translations

Translation of German arm

German arm
English poor, needy, impoverished, pitiful, poorly equipped, under-equipped, wreched, destitute
Russian бедный, нищий, жалкий, недостаток средств, недостаточно обеспеченный
Spanish pobre, desgraciado, escaso, lamentable, sin dinero
French pauvre, mal équipé, misérable, pitoyable, sans argent
Turkish fakir, yoksul, az miktarda, gariban, mahrum, nadir, seyrek, yetersiz
Portuguese pobre, lamentável, pouco equipado, sem dinheiro, triste
Italian povero, misero, carente, deplorevole, indigente, nullatenente, poverino, scarso
Romanian deplorabil, lamentabil, neîndestulat, sărac, sărăcăcios
Hungarian szegény, nincstelen, ritkán előforduló, sajnálatra méltó, sajnálatraméltó, szegényes, vagyontalan
Polish biedny, ubogi, niedostateczny, żałosny
Greek φτωχός, άθλιος, καημένος, λυπηρός
Dutch arm, bedroefd, financieel slecht
Czech chudý, bez peněz, skromný, ubohý
Swedish fattig, stackars, arm, bedrövlig, blott, resursfattig
Danish fattig, mangelfuld, tragisk, yndest
Japanese 貧しい, 乏しい, 哀れな, 悲惨な, 無一文, 貧乏
Catalan pobre, desgraciat, lamentable, mal equipat, sense diners
Finnish köyhä, rahattomana, surkea, valitettavaa, varaton, vähävarainen
Norwegian fattig, mangelfull, tragisk, uten penger, yndig
Basque baxuzko, diru gabe, eskas, pobre, txiki
Serbian siromašan, bez novca, jadan, oskudan, žalostan, бедан, вредан жаљења, оскудан
Macedonian беден, жалосен, нема парички, оскуден, сиромашен
Slovenian revščina, siromašen, brez denarja, obupan, reven, slabo opremljen, ubog
Slowakisch chudobný, bez peňazí, nedostatočne vybavený, ubohý, ľutostivý
Bosnian siromašan, bez novca, jadno, žalostan
Croatian siromašan, bez novca, jadan, žalosno
Ukrainian бідний, безгрошовий, бідолашний, жалюгідний, незабезпечений, нещасний
Bulgarian беден, бедно, бедняк, без пари, жалък, оскъдно
Belorussian бедны, недастатковы, без грошай, бядны, жаласны
Indonesian kurang dilengkapi, menyedihkan, miskin
Vietnamese nghèo, nghèo túng, ít được trang bị, đáng thương
Uzbek kam jihozlangan, kambag'al, miskin, qashshoq
Hindi कंगाल, कम सुसज्जित, गरीब, दयनीय
Chinese 可怜的, 穷困, 装备不足的, 贫困
Thai จน, น่าสงสาร, ยากจน, อุปกรณ์น้อย
Korean 가난한, 무일푼, 불쌍한, 장비가 부족한
Azerbaijani acınacaqlı, az təchiz olunmuş, kasıb
Georgian ღარიბი, მოკლებული, საბრალო, საწყალი
Bengali কম সজ্জিত, গরিব, দয়নীয়, দরিদ্র
Albanian pak i pajisur, pikëllues, varfër
Marathi कंगाळ, कम सुसज्ज, गरिब, दयनीय
Nepali कम सज्जित, गरिब, दयनीय
Telugu తక్కువ సర్జిత, దయనీయ, పేద, బీద
Latvian maz aprīkots, nabadzīgs, trūcīgs, žēlīgs
Tamil துயரமான, வசதிகள் குறைவான, வறுமையான
Estonian haletsusväärne, halvasti varustatud, vaene
Armenian աղքատ, խեղճ
Kurdish feqîr, hîjar, kêm, miskin
Hebrewעני، אביון، חסר כסף، מסכן
Arabicفقير، عاجز، عاجز مالياً، محتاج، مُؤسِف
Persianفقیر، بی‌پول، تاسف‌بار، محزون، کمبود
Urduغریب، بے وسیلہ، مفلس، کمزور

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of arm
  • [Gesellschaft] mittellos, kein Geld besitzend, abgebrannt, bedürftig, finanzschwach, habelos, minderbegütert
  • [Gesellschaft] bedauernswert, bemitleidenswert
  • gering ausgestattet mit, mangels
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Declension and comparison forms of arm

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

The declension and comparison of arm 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 arm

positive arm
comparative ärmer
superlative am ärmsten
  • positive: arm
  • comparative: ärmer
  • superlative: am ärmsten

Strong declension arm

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. armer arme armes arme
Gen. armen armer armen armer
Dat. armem armer armem armen
Acc. armen arme armes arme
  • Masculine: armer, armen, armem, armen
  • Feminine: arme, armer, armer, arme
  • Neutral: armes, armen, armem, armes
  • Plural: arme, armer, armen, arme

Weak declension arm

  • Masculine: der arme, des armen, dem armen, den armen
  • Feminine: die arme, der armen, der armen, die arme
  • Neutral: das arme, des armen, dem armen, das arme
  • Plural: die armen, der armen, den armen, die armen

Mixed declension arm

  • Masculine: ein armer, eines armen, einem armen, einen armen
  • Feminine: eine arme, einer armen, einer armen, eine arme
  • Neutral: ein armes, eines armen, einem armen, ein armes
  • Plural: keine armen, keiner armen, keinen armen, keine armen

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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: 1940751, 6549911, 8282369, 5386284, 10695390, 2324793, 5634899

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