Declension and comparison German adjective mager

The declension of the adjective mager (thin, lean) uses these forms of the comparison mager,magerer,am magersten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective mager 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 mager, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
mager
comparative
magerer/magrer⁶
superlative
am magersten

B1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

mager

mager · mag(e)⁶rer · am magersten

Elimination of 'e' in the suffix   Elimination of 'e' in the inflectional ending  

⁶ Only in exalted use

English lean, thin, barren, meager, scanty, skinny

/ˈmaːɡɐ/ · /ˈmaːɡɐ/ · /ˈmaːɡɐɐ/ · /ˈmaːɡɐʃtən/

dünn, dürr; arm an Fett; knochig, fettarm

» Du bist mager . English You're skinny.

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The strong inflection of mager without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. magerer/magrer⁶
Gen. mageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. magerem/magrem⁶/magerm⁴
Acc. mageren/magren⁶/magern

Feminine

Nom. magere/magre⁶
Gen. magerer/magrer⁶
Dat. magerer/magrer⁶
Acc. magere/magre⁶

Neutral

Nom. mageres/magres⁶
Gen. mageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. magerem/magrem⁶/magerm⁴
Acc. mageres/magres⁶

Plural

Nom. magere/magre⁶
Gen. magerer/magrer⁶
Dat. mageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. magere/magre⁶

⁴ Usage seldom⁶ Only in exalted use

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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. dermagere/magre⁶
Gen. desmageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. demmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. denmageren/magren⁶/magern

Feminine

Nom. diemagere/magre⁶
Gen. dermageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. dermageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. diemagere/magre⁶

Neutral

Nom. dasmagere/magre⁶
Gen. desmageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. demmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. dasmagere/magre⁶

Plural

Nom. diemageren/magren⁶/magern
Gen. dermageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. denmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. diemageren/magren⁶/magern

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einmagerer/magrer⁶
Gen. einesmageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. einemmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. einenmageren/magren⁶/magern

Feminine

Nom. einemagere/magre⁶
Gen. einermageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. einermageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. einemagere/magre⁶

Neutral

Nom. einmageres/magres⁶
Gen. einesmageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. einemmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. einmageres/magres⁶

Plural

Nom. keinemageren/magren⁶/magern
Gen. keinermageren/magren⁶/magern
Dat. keinenmageren/magren⁶/magern
Acc. keinemageren/magren⁶/magern

⁶ Only in exalted use

Predicative use

Using mager as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristmager
Fem.sieistmager
Neut.esistmager

Plural

siesindmager

Examples

Example sentences for mager

  • Du bist mager . 
    English You're skinny.
  • Tom war nie mager . 
    English Tom never was skinny.
  • Mein Sohn ist zu mager . 
    English My son is too skinny.
  • Sie aß nur mageres Fleisch. 
    English She ate only lean meat.
  • Tom ist mager , nicht wahr? 
    English Tom is thin, isn't he?
  • Tom isst nur mageres Fleisch und Gemüse. 
    English Tom only eats lean meats and vegetables.
  • Die Fliege setzt sich immer auf ein mageres Pferd. 
    English The fly always lands on a skinny horse.
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Translations

Translation of German mager

German mager
English thin, lean, barren, meager, scanty, skinny, slim, bony
Russian тощий, худой, бедный, постный, скудный
Spanish magro, delgado, flaco, pobre
French maigre, déluré
Turkish zayıf, ince, verimsiz
Portuguese magro, esquelético, pobre
Italian magro, sottile, esile, snello, gracile, scarno, secco
Romanian slab, subțire, sărăcăcios
Hungarian sovány, szikár, vékony
Polish chudy, szczupły, ubogi
Greek αδύνατος, λεπτός
Dutch mager, dun
Czech hubený, štíhlý, chudý, libový
Swedish mager, smal, tunn
Danish magert, slank, tynd
Japanese 痩せた, 細い, 少ない
Catalan prim, escardalenc, esvelt, flac, magre
Finnish laiha, hoikka, vähätuottoinen
Norwegian mager, slank, tynn
Basque argal, eskas, mehe
Serbian mršav, siromašan, tanjir, мршав, постан, слаб
Macedonian слаб, постен, тенок
Slovenian suha, vitka, mršav, pust, revno, skromno
Slowakisch chudý, štíhly, málo úrodný, tenký
Bosnian mršav, oskudan, postan, slab, tanjir
Croatian mršav, oskudan, tanjur
Ukrainian худий, бідний, недостатній, обезжирений, стислий, стрункий
Bulgarian слаб, тънък, беден, мършав, постен
Belorussian танкі, недабрабытны, слабы, худзенькі, худы
Indonesian kurus, ceking, sedikit
Vietnamese gầy, gầy gò, ít ỏi
Uzbek kam, nozik, oriq, ozg'in
Hindi पतला, कम, दुबला
Chinese 瘦, 微薄, 清瘦, 瘦弱
Thai ผอม, ซูบผอม, น้อยนิด, ผอมบาง
Korean 마른, 빈약한, 수척한, 야윈
Azerbaijani incə, arıq, cılız
Georgian გამხდარი, მწირი, ფაქიზი
Bengali পাতলা, কম, রোগা
Albanian dobët, hollë, i hollë, pak
Marathi कम, कृश, पतला, बारीक
Nepali कम, कृश, दुब्लो, पतला
Telugu కృశ, తక్కువ, సన్న, సన్నని
Latvian tievs, kalsns, neliels
Tamil ஒல்லியான, குறைவான, மெலிந்த, மெல்லிய
Estonian kõhn, kõhetu, vaene, õhuke
Armenian նիհար, փոքր, քիչ
Kurdish barîk, ince, kêm
Hebrewרזה، דל، דק
Arabicنحيف، هزيل
Persianلاغر، باریک، کم چربی، کم‌بار
Urduپتلا، دھنگا، کم پیداوار، کمزور

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of mager
  • dünn, dürr, knochig
  • arm an Fett, fettarm
  • wenig ertragreich
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Declension and comparison forms of mager

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

The declension and comparison of mager 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 mager

positive mager
comparative mag(e)rer
superlative am magersten
  • positive: mager
  • comparative: mag(e)rer
  • superlative: am magersten

Strong declension mager

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. mag(e)rer mag(e)re mag(e)res mag(e)re
Gen. mag(e)r(e)n mag(e)rer mag(e)r(e)n mag(e)rer
Dat. mag(e)r(e)m mag(e)rer mag(e)r(e)m mag(e)r(e)n
Acc. mag(e)r(e)n mag(e)re mag(e)res mag(e)re
  • Masculine: mag(e)rer, mag(e)r(e)n, mag(e)r(e)m, mag(e)r(e)n
  • Feminine: mag(e)re, mag(e)rer, mag(e)rer, mag(e)re
  • Neutral: mag(e)res, mag(e)r(e)n, mag(e)r(e)m, mag(e)res
  • Plural: mag(e)re, mag(e)rer, mag(e)r(e)n, mag(e)re

Weak declension mager

  • Masculine: der mag(e)re, des mag(e)r(e)n, dem mag(e)r(e)n, den mag(e)r(e)n
  • Feminine: die mag(e)re, der mag(e)r(e)n, der mag(e)r(e)n, die mag(e)re
  • Neutral: das mag(e)re, des mag(e)r(e)n, dem mag(e)r(e)n, das mag(e)re
  • Plural: die mag(e)r(e)n, der mag(e)r(e)n, den mag(e)r(e)n, die mag(e)r(e)n

Mixed declension mager

  • Masculine: ein mag(e)rer, eines mag(e)r(e)n, einem mag(e)r(e)n, einen mag(e)r(e)n
  • Feminine: eine mag(e)re, einer mag(e)r(e)n, einer mag(e)r(e)n, eine mag(e)re
  • Neutral: ein mag(e)res, eines mag(e)r(e)n, einem mag(e)r(e)n, ein mag(e)res
  • Plural: keine mag(e)r(e)n, keiner mag(e)r(e)n, keinen mag(e)r(e)n, keine mag(e)r(e)n

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* 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: 7413372, 8826233, 5447421, 4089781, 8885057, 1066855, 1942821

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