Declension and comparison German adjective

The declension of the adjective (eleven, twenty-three) 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

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elf

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English eleven, twenty-three

[Zahlen, Zeit] Kardinalzahl 11; elf Uhr, dreiundzwanzig Uhr; elf Uhr, elf Jahre alt, dreiundzwanzig Uhr, elfjährig

» Er hat elf Kinder. English He has eleven children.

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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. elf/elfe⁵⁷
Gen. elf
Dat. elf/elfen
Acc. elf/elfe⁵⁷

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. dieelf
Gen. derelf
Dat. denelf
Acc. dieelf
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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. keineelf
Gen. keinerelf
Dat. keinenelf
Acc. keineelf

Predicative use

Using as predicative


Singular

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

Plural

siesindelf

Examples

Example sentences for


  • Er hat elf Kinder. 
    English He has eleven children.
  • Es ist schon elf Uhr. 
    English It's already eleven.
  • Tom geht um halb elf zu Bett. 
    English Tom goes to bed at 10:30.
  • Ich gehe um elf Uhr abends zu Bett. 
    English I go to bed at eleven at night.
  • Es ist vormittags elf Uhr. 
    English It is eleven o'clock in the morning.
  • Eine Mannschaft besteht aus elf Spielern. 
    English A team is composed of eleven players.
  • Ich gehe um elf Uhr ins Bett. 
    English I go to bed at eleven.

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Translation of German


German
English eleven, twenty-three
Russian одиннадцать, одиннадцать часов
Spanish once, veintitrés
French onze, vingt-trois
Turkish on bir, on
Portuguese onze, três
Italian undici, ventitre
Romanian unsprezece, trei, unșpe
Hungarian tizenegy, háromszázhúsz, háromszázhuszonhárom
Polish jedenasta, jedenastolatka, jedenaście, jedenastolatek, jedenastoletnia, jedenasty, trzynasty
Greek έντεκα, είκοσι τρεις
Dutch elf
Czech jedenáct, třiadvacet
Swedish elva, tjugotre
Danish elleve, treogtyve
Japanese 十一, 二十三, 23, 十一歳
Catalan onze, tres
Finnish kolme, yksitoista, yksiitoista, yksi, yksi-toista
Norwegian elleve, treogtyve, elleven
Basque hamaika, hogeita hiru
Serbian dvadeset tri, jedanaest, једанаест
Macedonian дваесет и три, единаесет
Slovenian enajst, triindvajset
Slowakisch jedenásť, tridsaťtri
Bosnian dvadeset i tri, jedanaest, једанаест
Croatian jedanaest, dvadeset i tri
Ukrainian одинадцять, двадцять третя, одинадцята
Bulgarian единадесет, тринадесет, двадесет и три, единайсет
Belorussian адзінаццаць, дваццаць тры
Indonesian sebelas
Vietnamese mười một
Uzbek o'n bir, o'n bir yoshli
Hindi ग्यारह, ग्यारह साल का
Chinese 十一, 十一岁
Thai สิบเอ็ด
Korean 십일, 열한, 열한 살
Azerbaijani on bir
Georgian თერთმეტი, ათი ერთი
Bengali এগারো, egaro, এগারো বছর বয়সী
Albanian njëmbëdhjetë
Marathi अकरा, ekadasha, ग्यारह वर्षांचा
Nepali एघार
Telugu పదకొండు, పத்தொன்று
Latvian vienpadsmit, vienpadsmit gadu vecs
Tamil பதினொன்று, பத்தொன்று, பதினொன்று வயது
Estonian üksteist, üheteistkümme, üheteist, üheteistkümneaastane
Armenian տասնմեկ, տաս EIN?
Kurdish deh û yek, yanzdeh, deh yek, yanzdeh salî
Hebrewאחת עשרה، שלוש עשרה، אֵלֶף، אֵלְף
Arabicثلاث وعشرون، أحد عشر، إحدى عشر
Persianبیست و سه، یازده
Urduگیارہ، تئیس، گیارہ بجے

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of

  • [Zahlen] Kardinalzahl 11, Zahl zwischen zehn und zwölf
  • [Zeit] elf Uhr, dreiundzwanzig Uhr, elf Uhr, dreiundzwanzig Uhr
  • [Zahlen] elf Jahre (alt), elf Jahre alt, elfjährig

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


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 elf
comparative -
superlative -
  • positive: elf
  • comparative: -
  • superlative: -

Strong declension

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

Weak declension

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

Mixed declension

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

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