Declension and comparison German adjective imposant

The declension of the adjective imposant (impressive, grand) uses these forms of the comparison imposant,imposanter,am imposantesten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/esten. The adjective imposant 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 imposant, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
imposant
comparative
imposanter
superlative
am imposantesten

B2 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

imposant

imposant · imposanter · am imposantesten

English impressive, grand, imposing

/ɪmpoˈzant/ · /ɪmpoˈzant/ · /ɪmpoˈzantɐ/ · /ɪmpoˈzantəˌsten/

durch seine Abmessungen einen starken Eindruck, Respekt oder Bewunderung bei jemandem hinterlassend; bemerkenswert; eindrucksvoll, großartig, gewaltig, imponierend

» Er hielt eine imposante Rede. English He gave an impressive speech.

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The strong inflection of imposant without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. imposanter
Gen. imposanten
Dat. imposantem
Acc. imposanten

Feminine

Nom. imposante
Gen. imposanter
Dat. imposanter
Acc. imposante

Neutral

Nom. imposantes
Gen. imposanten
Dat. imposantem
Acc. imposantes

Plural

Nom. imposante
Gen. imposanter
Dat. imposanten
Acc. imposante
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derimposante
Gen. desimposanten
Dat. demimposanten
Acc. denimposanten

Feminine

Nom. dieimposante
Gen. derimposanten
Dat. derimposanten
Acc. dieimposante

Neutral

Nom. dasimposante
Gen. desimposanten
Dat. demimposanten
Acc. dasimposante

Plural

Nom. dieimposanten
Gen. derimposanten
Dat. denimposanten
Acc. dieimposanten
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einimposanter
Gen. einesimposanten
Dat. einemimposanten
Acc. einenimposanten

Feminine

Nom. eineimposante
Gen. einerimposanten
Dat. einerimposanten
Acc. eineimposante

Neutral

Nom. einimposantes
Gen. einesimposanten
Dat. einemimposanten
Acc. einimposantes

Plural

Nom. keineimposanten
Gen. keinerimposanten
Dat. keinenimposanten
Acc. keineimposanten

Predicative use

Using imposant as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristimposant
Fem.sieistimposant
Neut.esistimposant

Plural

siesindimposant

Examples

Example sentences for imposant

  • Er hielt eine imposante Rede. 
    English He gave an impressive speech.
  • Er ist ein sehr imposanter Mann. 
    English He's a very imposing man.
  • Unser Dom ist ein imposantes Bauwerk. 
    English Our cathedral is an impressive building.
  • Das neue Rathaus ist ein sehr imposantes Gebäude. 
    English The new town hall is a very impressive building.
  • Bach und Beethoven waren besondere Könner darin, aus einem winzigen Fetzen von Musik ein großes imposantes Gebäude zu komponieren. 
    English Bach and Beethoven were special masters at composing a large impressive structure from a tiny piece of music.
  • Tom hat einen imposanten Schnurrbart. 
    English Tom has an impressive moustache.
  • Diese Hängebrücke bietet einen imposanten Ausblick. 
    English This suspension bridge offers an impressive view.
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Translations

Translation of German imposant

German imposant
English impressive, grand, imposing
Russian внушительный, впечатляющий, импозантный
Spanish impresionante, imponente
French impressionnant
Turkish etkileyici, görkemli, heybetli
Portuguese imponente, impressionante
Italian imponente, maestoso
Romanian impozant, impresionant
Hungarian impozáns, lenyűgöző
Polish imponujący, wspaniały
Greek αξιοθαύμαστος, εντυπωσιακός
Dutch imposant, indrukwekkend
Czech impozantní, působivý
Swedish imponerande, storslagen
Danish imponerende, storslået
Japanese 印象的な, 壮大な
Catalan imponent, impressionant
Finnish impressionantti, mahtava, vaikuttava
Norwegian imponerende, storslått
Basque imposatu, inposante
Serbian impozantan, impresivan, импозантан
Macedonian импозантен, импресивен
Slovenian impozanten, impresiven, veličasten
Slowakisch impozantný, pôsobivý
Bosnian impozantan, impresivan
Croatian impozantan, impresivan
Ukrainian величний, впечатляючий, вражаючий
Bulgarian впечатляващ, импозантен
Belorussian впечатляльны, імпазантны, імпозантны
Indonesian megah
Vietnamese hoành tráng
Uzbek ta'sirli
Hindi भव्य
Chinese 雄伟的
Thai ยิ่งใหญ่
Korean 웅장한
Azerbaijani heybetli
Georgian დიდური
Bengali আকর্ষণীয়
Albanian impozant
Marathi भव्य
Nepali भव्य
Telugu గంభీరమైన
Latvian impresīvs
Tamil பிரம்மாண்டமான
Estonian muljet avaldav
Armenian հզոր
Kurdish heybetli
Hebrewמכובד، מרשים
Arabicمؤثر، مهيب
Persianتحسین‌برانگیز، مؤثر
Urduشاندار، عظیم

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Meanings and synonyms of imposant
  • durch seine Abmessungen einen starken Eindruck, Respekt oder Bewunderung bei jemandem hinterlassend, eindrucksvoll, großartig, gewaltig, imponierend, bemerkenswert
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Declension and comparison forms of imposant

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

The declension and comparison of imposant 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 imposant

positive imposant
comparative imposanter
superlative am imposantesten
  • positive: imposant
  • comparative: imposanter
  • superlative: am imposantesten

Strong declension imposant

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. imposanter imposante imposantes imposante
Gen. imposanten imposanter imposanten imposanter
Dat. imposantem imposanter imposantem imposanten
Acc. imposanten imposante imposantes imposante
  • Masculine: imposanter, imposanten, imposantem, imposanten
  • Feminine: imposante, imposanter, imposanter, imposante
  • Neutral: imposantes, imposanten, imposantem, imposantes
  • Plural: imposante, imposanter, imposanten, imposante

Weak declension imposant

  • Masculine: der imposante, des imposanten, dem imposanten, den imposanten
  • Feminine: die imposante, der imposanten, der imposanten, die imposante
  • Neutral: das imposante, des imposanten, dem imposanten, das imposante
  • Plural: die imposanten, der imposanten, den imposanten, die imposanten

Mixed declension imposant

  • Masculine: ein imposanter, eines imposanten, einem imposanten, einen imposanten
  • Feminine: eine imposante, einer imposanten, einer imposanten, eine imposante
  • Neutral: ein imposantes, eines imposanten, einem imposanten, ein imposantes
  • Plural: keine imposanten, keiner imposanten, keinen imposanten, keine imposanten

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