Declension and comparison German adjective leise

The declension of the adjective leise (quiet, faint) uses these forms of the comparison leise,leiser,am leisesten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/esten. The adjective leise 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 leise, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
leise/leis⁴
comparative
leiser
superlative
am leisesten

A1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

leise

leis(e)⁴ · leiser · am leisesten

Elimination of 'e' in the inflectional ending  

⁴ Usage seldom

English quiet, faint, soft, muted

/ˈlaɪ.zə/ · /laɪs/ · /ˈlaɪ.zɐ/ · /ˈlaɪ.zə.stən/

kaum hörbar; kaum wahrnehmbar; lautlos, ruhig, leicht, still

» Sie sind leise . English They're quiet.

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The strong inflection of leise without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. leiser
Gen. leisen
Dat. leisem
Acc. leisen

Feminine

Nom. leise
Gen. leiser
Dat. leiser
Acc. leise

Neutral

Nom. leises
Gen. leisen
Dat. leisem
Acc. leises

Plural

Nom. leise
Gen. leiser
Dat. leisen
Acc. leise
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derleise
Gen. desleisen
Dat. demleisen
Acc. denleisen

Feminine

Nom. dieleise
Gen. derleisen
Dat. derleisen
Acc. dieleise

Neutral

Nom. dasleise
Gen. desleisen
Dat. demleisen
Acc. dasleise

Plural

Nom. dieleisen
Gen. derleisen
Dat. denleisen
Acc. dieleisen
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einleiser
Gen. einesleisen
Dat. einemleisen
Acc. einenleisen

Feminine

Nom. eineleise
Gen. einerleisen
Dat. einerleisen
Acc. eineleise

Neutral

Nom. einleises
Gen. einesleisen
Dat. einemleisen
Acc. einleises

Plural

Nom. keineleisen
Gen. keinerleisen
Dat. keinenleisen
Acc. keineleisen

Predicative use

Using leise as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristleise/leis⁴
Fem.sieistleise/leis⁴
Neut.esistleise/leis⁴

Plural

siesindleise/leis⁴

⁴ Usage seldom

Examples

Example sentences for leise

  • Sie sind leise . 
    English They're quiet.
  • Der Lehrer spricht leise . 
    English The teacher speaks softly.
  • Die Maus ist leise . 
    English The mouse is quiet.
  • Warum sprichst du so leise ? 
    English Why do you speak so quietly?
  • Ich höre einen leisen Ärger bei Ihnen. 
    English I hear a quiet annoyance in you.
  • Sei besonders leise . 
    English Be very quiet.
  • Der Hund bellte leise . 
    English The dog barked softly.
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Translations

Translation of German leise

German leise
English quiet, faint, soft, muted
Russian тихий, слабый, едва слышимый, неслышный
Spanish silencioso, bajo, callado, suave, sutil, tranquilo
French discret, faible, silencieux, douce, bas
Turkish gürültüsüz, sessiz, alçak sesle, az, hafif
Portuguese silencioso, quieto, baixo, leve
Italian silenzioso, quieto, debole, poco pronunciato
Romanian slab auzit, tăcut, puțin pronunțat, slab
Hungarian halk, csendes, csöndes
Polish cichy, niski
Greek ήσυχος, σιγανός, σιωπηλός
Dutch zacht, stil, freel, zwak
Czech tichý, nenápadný
Swedish svag, tyst, låg
Danish dæmpet, stille, lydløs, svag
Japanese 静かな, 小さい, 小さな音の, 小声の
Catalan baix, silenciós, suau, tranquil
Finnish hiljainen
Norwegian stille, lydløs, dempet, svak, umerkelig
Basque ahul, isila, ahaztu
Serbian tiho, malo čujno, nečujno, slabo
Macedonian тих, мирен, слаб
Slovenian tiho, neizrazito, neopazno, nežno
Slowakisch tichý, nepočuteľný, nepočuť, slabý
Bosnian tiho, malo čujno, slabo
Croatian tiho, malo čujno, nečujno, slabo
Ukrainian тихий, ледве чутний, ледве виражений, тихо
Bulgarian тих, незабележим, слабо изразен
Belorussian ціхі, павольны
Indonesian pelan, pudar, senyap, tipis
Vietnamese lờ mờ, mờ nhạt, nhẹ, nhỏ
Uzbek kam ovozli, kam seziladigan, sezilmaydigan
Hindi कम आवाज़, सूक्ष्म, हल्का
Chinese 微弱的, 安静的, 微弱
Thai จาง, เบา, แผ่วเบา
Korean 희미한, 미미한, 조용한
Azerbaijani zəif, asta, az görünən
Georgian სუსტი, დაბალი, ჩუმი
Bengali ক্ষীণ, মৃদু, সূক্ষ্ম, হালকা
Albanian i qetë, i zbehtë, pak dëgjohet
Marathi कम आवाजाचा, फिका, सूक्ष्म
Nepali कम, कम स्पष्ट, मन्द, हल्का
Telugu క్షీణ, మందమైన, మృదు, సూక్ష్మ
Latvian kluss, maigs, mazdzirdams, nedaudz dzirdams
Tamil மெல்லிய, நுணுக்கமான, மென்மையான
Estonian kerge, peaaegu märkamatu, vaevu kuuldav, vaikne
Armenian թեթեւ, թույլ, խուլ, մեղմ, ցածրաձայն
Kurdish nerm, hêdî, lawaz
Hebrewשקט، דממה
Arabicهادئ، خفيف، خفيف الصوت
Persianآهسته، کم صدا، ساکت، کم‌صدا
Urduخاموش، نرم، آہستہ

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Meanings and synonyms of leise
  • kaum hörbar, lautlos, still
  • kaum wahrnehmbar, ruhig
  • kaum ausgeprägt, leicht
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Declension and comparison forms of leise

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

The declension and comparison of leise 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 leise

positive leis(e)
comparative leiser
superlative am leisesten
  • positive: leis(e)
  • comparative: leiser
  • superlative: am leisesten

Strong declension leise

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. leiser leise leises leise
Gen. leisen leiser leisen leiser
Dat. leisem leiser leisem leisen
Acc. leisen leise leises leise
  • Masculine: leiser, leisen, leisem, leisen
  • Feminine: leise, leiser, leiser, leise
  • Neutral: leises, leisen, leisem, leises
  • Plural: leise, leiser, leisen, leise

Weak declension leise

  • Masculine: der leise, des leisen, dem leisen, den leisen
  • Feminine: die leise, der leisen, der leisen, die leise
  • Neutral: das leise, des leisen, dem leisen, das leise
  • Plural: die leisen, der leisen, den leisen, die leisen

Mixed declension leise

  • Masculine: ein leiser, eines leisen, einem leisen, einen leisen
  • Feminine: eine leise, einer leisen, einer leisen, eine leise
  • Neutral: ein leises, eines leisen, einem leisen, ein leises
  • Plural: keine leisen, keiner leisen, keinen leisen, keine leisen

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 17497, 17497, 17497

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 2435956, 1872709, 6980043, 7056598, 2162980, 8243095, 2509614

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