Declension and comparison German adjective initial

The declension of the adjective initial (beginning, incipient) uses the incomparable form initial. The adjective has no forms for the comparative and superlative. The adjective initial 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 initial, but all German adjectives. Comments

noun
Initial, das
adjective
initial

adjective · positive · not comparable

initial

initial · - · -

English beginning, incipient, initial

/iniˈtsi̯aːl/ · /iniˈtsi̯aːl/

[Fachsprache] anfänglich, beginnend; einleitend

» Die initiale Aufgabe eines Unternehmens ist es, den größtmöglichen Kundennutzen zu stiften. English The initial task of a company is to provide the greatest possible customer benefit.

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The strong inflection of initial without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. initialer
Gen. initialen
Dat. initialem
Acc. initialen

Feminine

Nom. initiale
Gen. initialer
Dat. initialer
Acc. initiale

Neutral

Nom. initiales
Gen. initialen
Dat. initialem
Acc. initiales

Plural

Nom. initiale
Gen. initialer
Dat. initialen
Acc. initiale

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Weak declension

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


Masculine

Nom. derinitiale
Gen. desinitialen
Dat. deminitialen
Acc. deninitialen

Feminine

Nom. dieinitiale
Gen. derinitialen
Dat. derinitialen
Acc. dieinitiale

Neutral

Nom. dasinitiale
Gen. desinitialen
Dat. deminitialen
Acc. dasinitiale

Plural

Nom. dieinitialen
Gen. derinitialen
Dat. deninitialen
Acc. dieinitialen
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Mixed declension

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


Masculine

Nom. eininitialer
Gen. einesinitialen
Dat. eineminitialen
Acc. eineninitialen

Feminine

Nom. eineinitiale
Gen. einerinitialen
Dat. einerinitialen
Acc. eineinitiale

Neutral

Nom. eininitiales
Gen. einesinitialen
Dat. eineminitialen
Acc. eininitiales

Plural

Nom. keineinitialen
Gen. keinerinitialen
Dat. keineninitialen
Acc. keineinitialen

Predicative use

Using initial as predicative


Singular

Masc.eristinitial
Fem.sieistinitial
Neut.esistinitial

Plural

siesindinitial

Examples

Example sentences for initial


  • Die initiale Aufgabe eines Unternehmens ist es, den größtmöglichen Kundennutzen zu stiften. 
    English The initial task of a company is to provide the greatest possible customer benefit.

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Translations

Translation of German initial


German initial
English beginning, incipient, initial
Russian начальный, первоначальный
Spanish comenzante, inicial
French initial, préliminaire
Turkish başlangıç, ilk
Portuguese começo, inicial
Italian iniziale, primo
Romanian de început, inițial
Hungarian eleji, kezdeti
Polish początkowy, wstępny
Greek αρχικός, ξεκινώντας
Dutch aanvankelijk, beginnen
Czech počáteční, začínající
Swedish initial, inledande, inledningsvis
Danish indledende, oprindelig
Japanese 初期の, 始まりの
Catalan començament, inicial
Finnish alku, alkuperäinen
Norwegian begynnende, innledende
Basque hasiera, hasierako
Serbian inicijalni, početni
Macedonian иницијален, почетен
Slovenian prvotni, začetni
Slowakisch počiatočný, začínajúci
Bosnian inicijalni, početni
Croatian inicijalni, početni
Ukrainian вихідний, початковий
Bulgarian начален, първоначален
Belorussian пачатковы, ініцыяльны
Indonesian awal
Vietnamese ban đầu
Uzbek boshlang'ich
Hindi प्रारम्भिक
Chinese 初始的
Thai เบื้องต้น
Korean 초기의
Azerbaijani başlanğıc
Georgian დაწყებითი
Bengali আরম্ভিক
Albanian fillestar
Marathi प्रारम्भिक
Nepali प्रारम्भिक
Telugu ప్రారంభ
Latvian sākotnējais
Tamil துவக்கமான
Estonian esialgne
Armenian սկզբնական
Kurdish destpêkî
Hebrewהתחלתי، ראשוני
Arabicأولي، بدائي
Persianآغازین، ابتدایی
Urduابتدائی، شروع

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Meanings and synonyms of initial

  • [Fachsprache] anfänglich, beginnend, einleitend

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Declension and comparison forms of initial

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


The declension and comparison of initial 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 initial

positive initial
comparative -
superlative -
  • positive: initial
  • comparative: -
  • superlative: -

Strong declension initial

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. initialer initiale initiales initiale
Gen. initialen initialer initialen initialer
Dat. initialem initialer initialem initialen
Acc. initialen initiale initiales initiale
  • Masculine: initialer, initialen, initialem, initialen
  • Feminine: initiale, initialer, initialer, initiale
  • Neutral: initiales, initialen, initialem, initiales
  • Plural: initiale, initialer, initialen, initiale

Weak declension initial

  • Masculine: der initiale, des initialen, dem initialen, den initialen
  • Feminine: die initiale, der initialen, der initialen, die initiale
  • Neutral: das initiale, des initialen, dem initialen, das initiale
  • Plural: die initialen, der initialen, den initialen, die initialen

Mixed declension initial

  • Masculine: ein initialer, eines initialen, einem initialen, einen initialen
  • Feminine: eine initiale, einer initialen, einer initialen, eine initiale
  • Neutral: ein initiales, eines initialen, einem initialen, ein initiales
  • Plural: keine initialen, keiner initialen, keinen initialen, keine initialen

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