Declension and comparison German adjective elendig

The declension of the adjective elendig (miserable, pitiful) uses these forms of the comparison elendig,elendiger,am elendigsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective elendig 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 elendig, but all German adjectives. Comments

positive
elendig
comparative
elendiger
superlative
am elendigsten

adjective · positive · regular · comparable

elendig

elendig · elendiger · am elendigsten

English miserable, pitiful, wretched

in einem erbärmlichen Zustand

» Tom war elendig dünn. English Tom was terribly thin.

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The strong inflection of elendig without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. elendiger
Gen. elendigen
Dat. elendigem
Acc. elendigen

Feminine

Nom. elendige
Gen. elendiger
Dat. elendiger
Acc. elendige

Neutral

Nom. elendiges
Gen. elendigen
Dat. elendigem
Acc. elendiges

Plural

Nom. elendige
Gen. elendiger
Dat. elendigen
Acc. elendige

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Weak declension

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


Masculine

Nom. derelendige
Gen. deselendigen
Dat. demelendigen
Acc. denelendigen

Feminine

Nom. dieelendige
Gen. derelendigen
Dat. derelendigen
Acc. dieelendige

Neutral

Nom. daselendige
Gen. deselendigen
Dat. demelendigen
Acc. daselendige

Plural

Nom. dieelendigen
Gen. derelendigen
Dat. denelendigen
Acc. dieelendigen
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Mixed declension

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


Masculine

Nom. einelendiger
Gen. eineselendigen
Dat. einemelendigen
Acc. einenelendigen

Feminine

Nom. eineelendige
Gen. einerelendigen
Dat. einerelendigen
Acc. eineelendige

Neutral

Nom. einelendiges
Gen. eineselendigen
Dat. einemelendigen
Acc. einelendiges

Plural

Nom. keineelendigen
Gen. keinerelendigen
Dat. keinenelendigen
Acc. keineelendigen

Predicative use

Using elendig as predicative


Singular

Masc.eristelendig
Fem.sieistelendig
Neut.esistelendig

Plural

siesindelendig

Examples

Example sentences for elendig


  • Tom war elendig dünn. 
    English Tom was terribly thin.
  • Tom starb eines elendigen Todes. 
    English Tom died a miserable death.
  • Deine Kühe sehen elendig dürr aus. 
    English Your cows look miserably thin.
  • Wo der Bäcker Stiefel näht und der Schuster bäckt das Brot, dort herrscht bald elendige Not. 
    English Where the baker sews boots and the shoemaker bakes bread, there soon reigns terrible need.

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Translations

Translation of German elendig


German elendig
English miserable, pitiful, wretched
Russian жалкий, убогий
Spanish lamentable, miserable
French misérable, pitoyable
Turkish perişan, sefil
Portuguese lamentável, miserável
Italian miserabile, patetico
Romanian lamentabil, miserabil
Hungarian nyomorult, szerencsétlen
Polish nędzny, żałosny
Greek άθλιος, καταθλιπτικός
Dutch ellendig, erbarmelijk
Czech bídný, ubohý
Swedish eländig, uselt
Danish elendig, forfalden
Japanese 哀れな, 惨めな
Catalan desastrós, lamentable
Finnish kurja, surkea
Norwegian elendig, elendig tilstand, forferdelig
Basque miserable, penagabe
Serbian bedan, jadno stanje
Macedonian бедствен, жалосен
Slovenian obupan, revščina
Slowakisch biedny, ubohý
Bosnian bedno, jadno
Croatian bedno, jadno
Ukrainian жалюгідний, плачевний
Bulgarian жалък, плачевен
Belorussian жаласны, недастатковы
Hebrewאומלל، עלוב
Arabicبائس، مُزري
Persianذلیل، رقت‌انگیز
Urduبے حال، مفلس

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Meanings and synonyms of elendig

  • in einem erbärmlichen Zustand

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Declension and comparison forms of elendig

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


The declension and comparison of elendig 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 elendig

positive elendig
comparative elendiger
superlative am elendigsten
  • positive: elendig
  • comparative: elendiger
  • superlative: am elendigsten

Strong declension elendig

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. elendiger elendige elendiges elendige
Gen. elendigen elendiger elendigen elendiger
Dat. elendigem elendiger elendigem elendigen
Acc. elendigen elendige elendiges elendige
  • Masculine: elendiger, elendigen, elendigem, elendigen
  • Feminine: elendige, elendiger, elendiger, elendige
  • Neutral: elendiges, elendigen, elendigem, elendiges
  • Plural: elendige, elendiger, elendigen, elendige

Weak declension elendig

  • Masculine: der elendige, des elendigen, dem elendigen, den elendigen
  • Feminine: die elendige, der elendigen, der elendigen, die elendige
  • Neutral: das elendige, des elendigen, dem elendigen, das elendige
  • Plural: die elendigen, der elendigen, den elendigen, die elendigen

Mixed declension elendig

  • Masculine: ein elendiger, eines elendigen, einem elendigen, einen elendigen
  • Feminine: eine elendige, einer elendigen, einer elendigen, eine elendige
  • Neutral: ein elendiges, eines elendigen, einem elendigen, ein elendiges
  • Plural: keine elendigen, keiner elendigen, keinen elendigen, keine elendigen

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