Declension and comparison German adjective extern

The declension of the adjective extern (external, outside) uses these forms of the comparison extern,externer,am externsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective extern 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 extern, but all German adjectives. Comments

positive
extern
comparative
externer
superlative
am externsten

A1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

extern

extern · externer · am externsten

English external, outside

/ˈɛkstɐn/ · /ˈɛkstɐn/ · /ˈɛkstɐnɐ/ · /ˈɛkstɐnstən/

außerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems

» Tom verwendet eine externe Festplatte. English Tom is using an external hard drive.

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The strong inflection of extern without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. externer
Gen. externen
Dat. externem
Acc. externen

Feminine

Nom. externe
Gen. externer
Dat. externer
Acc. externe

Neutral

Nom. externes
Gen. externen
Dat. externem
Acc. externes

Plural

Nom. externe
Gen. externer
Dat. externen
Acc. externe

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Weak declension

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


Masculine

Nom. derexterne
Gen. desexternen
Dat. demexternen
Acc. denexternen

Feminine

Nom. dieexterne
Gen. derexternen
Dat. derexternen
Acc. dieexterne

Neutral

Nom. dasexterne
Gen. desexternen
Dat. demexternen
Acc. dasexterne

Plural

Nom. dieexternen
Gen. derexternen
Dat. denexternen
Acc. dieexternen
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Mixed declension

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


Masculine

Nom. einexterner
Gen. einesexternen
Dat. einemexternen
Acc. einenexternen

Feminine

Nom. eineexterne
Gen. einerexternen
Dat. einerexternen
Acc. eineexterne

Neutral

Nom. einexternes
Gen. einesexternen
Dat. einemexternen
Acc. einexternes

Plural

Nom. keineexternen
Gen. keinerexternen
Dat. keinenexternen
Acc. keineexternen

Predicative use

Using extern as predicative


Singular

Masc.eristextern
Fem.sieistextern
Neut.esistextern

Plural

siesindextern

Examples

Example sentences for extern


  • Tom verwendet eine externe Festplatte. 
    English Tom is using an external hard drive.
  • Ich habe mir eine externe Festplatte gekauft. 
    English I bought an external hard drive.
  • Tom kopierte alle Daten seiner internen Festplatte auf eine externe . 
    English Tom copied all the files on his internal hard disk to an external hard disk.
  • Ich speichere meine Arbeiten immer zusätzlich auf einer externen Festplatte. 
    English I always save my work additionally on an external hard drive.
  • Die Gastronomie in unserem Betrieb haben wir an eine externe Firma vergeben. 
    English We have outsourced the gastronomy in our company to an external firm.
  • Der Usus externer Vokabeln sollte auf ein Minimum reduziert werden. 
    English The use of external vocabulary should be reduced to a minimum.
  • Die Benutzung der Sauna durch externe Gäste wurde nach dem Umbau exkludiert. 
    English The use of the sauna by external guests was excluded after the renovation.

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Translations

Translation of German extern


German extern
English external, outside
Russian вне, внешний
Spanish externo
French externe
Turkish dış, harici
Portuguese externo
Italian esterna, esterno
Hungarian külső
Polish zewnątrz, zewnętrzny
Greek εξωτερικός
Dutch extern
Czech externí, vnější
Swedish extern
Danish ekstern
Japanese 外部, 外部の
Finnish ulkoinen, ulkopuolinen
Norwegian ekstern
Basque kanpoko
Serbian ekstern, spoljašnji
Macedonian екстерен, надворешен
Slovenian zunanji
Slowakisch externý, vonkajší
Bosnian spoljašnji, vanjski
Croatian ekstern, vanjski
Ukrainian зовнішній, зовні
Bulgarian външен, екстерен, идващ отвън
Belorussian знешні
Indonesian eksternal
Vietnamese ngoài
Uzbek tashqi
Hindi बाहरी
Chinese 外部的
Thai ภายนอก
Korean 외부의
Azerbaijani xarici
Georgian გარე
Bengali বাহ্যিক
Albanian jashtëm
Marathi बाह्य
Nepali बाह्य
Telugu బాహ్య
Latvian ārējais
Tamil வெளிப்புற
Estonian välis
Armenian արտաքին
Kurdish derveyî
Hebrewחיצוני
Arabicخارجي
Persianبیرونی، خارجی
Urduباہر، بیرونی

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Meanings and synonyms of extern

  • außerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems

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Declension and comparison forms of extern

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


The declension and comparison of extern 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 extern

positive extern
comparative externer
superlative am externsten
  • positive: extern
  • comparative: externer
  • superlative: am externsten

Strong declension extern

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. externer externe externes externe
Gen. externen externer externen externer
Dat. externem externer externem externen
Acc. externen externe externes externe
  • Masculine: externer, externen, externem, externen
  • Feminine: externe, externer, externer, externe
  • Neutral: externes, externen, externem, externes
  • Plural: externe, externer, externen, externe

Weak declension extern

  • Masculine: der externe, des externen, dem externen, den externen
  • Feminine: die externe, der externen, der externen, die externe
  • Neutral: das externe, des externen, dem externen, das externe
  • Plural: die externen, der externen, den externen, die externen

Mixed declension extern

  • Masculine: ein externer, eines externen, einem externen, einen externen
  • Feminine: eine externe, einer externen, einer externen, eine externe
  • Neutral: ein externes, eines externen, einem externen, ein externes
  • Plural: keine externen, keiner externen, keinen externen, keine externen

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