Declension and comparison German adjective minimal

The declension of the adjective minimal (least possible, minimal) uses these forms of the comparison minimal,minimaler,am minimalsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective minimal 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 minimal, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
minimal
comparative
minimaler⁵
superlative
am minimalsten⁵

C1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable⁵

minimal

minimal · minimaler⁵ · am minimalsten⁵

⁵ Only in colloquial use

English least possible, minimal, smallest possible, very low, very small

/ˈmiːniˌmaːl/ · /ˈmiːniˌmaːl/ · /ˈmiːniˌmaːlɐ/ · /ˈmiːniˌmaːlstən/

sehr gering, sehr klein; kleinstmöglich, so gering, wie es nur geht; belanglos; klitzeklein, kleinstmöglich, minim, winzig

» Das Risiko ist minimal . English The risk is minimal.

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The strong inflection of minimal without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. minimaler
Gen. minimalen
Dat. minimalem
Acc. minimalen

Feminine

Nom. minimale
Gen. minimaler
Dat. minimaler
Acc. minimale

Neutral

Nom. minimales
Gen. minimalen
Dat. minimalem
Acc. minimales

Plural

Nom. minimale
Gen. minimaler
Dat. minimalen
Acc. minimale
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derminimale
Gen. desminimalen
Dat. demminimalen
Acc. denminimalen

Feminine

Nom. dieminimale
Gen. derminimalen
Dat. derminimalen
Acc. dieminimale

Neutral

Nom. dasminimale
Gen. desminimalen
Dat. demminimalen
Acc. dasminimale

Plural

Nom. dieminimalen
Gen. derminimalen
Dat. denminimalen
Acc. dieminimalen
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einminimaler
Gen. einesminimalen
Dat. einemminimalen
Acc. einenminimalen

Feminine

Nom. eineminimale
Gen. einerminimalen
Dat. einerminimalen
Acc. eineminimale

Neutral

Nom. einminimales
Gen. einesminimalen
Dat. einemminimalen
Acc. einminimales

Plural

Nom. keineminimalen
Gen. keinerminimalen
Dat. keinenminimalen
Acc. keineminimalen

Predicative use

Using minimal as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristminimal
Fem.sieistminimal
Neut.esistminimal

Plural

siesindminimal

Examples

Example sentences for minimal

  • Das Risiko ist minimal . 
    English The risk is minimal.
  • Der unternehmerische Fußabdruck ist minimal . 
    English The company footprint is minimal.
  • Zwischen ihnen bestand ein minimaler Unterschied. 
    English There was a minute difference between them.
  • Manchen Menschen reichen minimale Gründe für einen Mord. 
    English Some people need minimal reasons for a murder.
  • Alle Bücher, die ich Ihnen heute genannt habe, gehören zur minimalen Pflichtlektüre in diesem Semester. 
    English All the books I mentioned to you today belong to the minimal required reading for this semester.
  • Bei diesem minimalen Profil ist ein Wechsel der Reifen anzuraten. 
    English It is advisable to change the tires with this minimal profile.
  • Ein Waffenschmied stellt Waffen her, also Dinge, die den höchsten möglichen Belastungen bei minimalem Eigengewicht ausgesetzt sind. 
    English A weaponsmith manufactures weapons, that is, things that are subjected to the highest possible loads with minimal weight.
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Translations

Translation of German minimal

German minimal
English least possible, minimal, smallest possible, very low, very small
Russian минимальный, наименьший, незначительный
Spanish mínima, mínimo
French minime
Portuguese mínima, mínimo
Italian minimale, minimo, ridotto
Romanian minim, foarte mic
Hungarian kicsi, legkisebb, minimalis, minimális
Polish minimalistyczny, minimalny
Greek ελάχιστος, μίνιμαλ, μικρός
Dutch minimaal, kleinste, zeer klein
Czech minimální, nejmenší
Swedish minimal
Japanese ミニマル, 最小限の, 最低の
Catalan mínim
Finnish minimaalinen, pienin mahdollinen, vähäinen
Norwegian svært liten
Basque minimo
Serbian minimalan, mali, najmanji
Macedonian минимален, многу мал
Slovenian minimalen, minimalističen, najmanjši
Slowakisch minimálny, najmenší, veľmi malý
Bosnian minimalan, mali, najmanji
Croatian minimalan, mali
Ukrainian мінімальний, досить малий, найменший
Bulgarian минимален, много малък, най-малък
Belorussian мінімальны, незначны
Indonesian sangat kecil, sesedikit mungkin
Vietnamese nhỏ nhất, rất nhỏ, tối thiểu
Uzbek eng kam, juda kichik
Hindi अत्यंत छोटा, न्यूनतम
Chinese 最小的, 极小
Thai ต่ำสุด, น้อยที่สุด, เล็กมาก
Korean 매우 작다, 최소의
Azerbaijani çox kiçik, ən kiçik
Georgian მინიმალური, ყველაზე მცირე, ძალიან პატარა
Bengali খুব ছোট, নূন্যতম, সর্বনিম্ন
Albanian më i vogël, shumë i vogël
Marathi अत्यंत लहान, कमीत कमी
Nepali धेरै सानो, न्यूनतम, सबैभन्दा कम
Telugu కనీసమైన, చాలా చిన్న
Latvian minimālais, vismazākais, ļoti mazs
Tamil குறைந்தபட்சமான, மிகவும் சிறியது
Estonian minimaalne, väga väike, väikseim
Armenian ամենափոքր, նվազագույն, չափազանց փոքր
Kurdish gelek biçûk, herî kêm
Hebrewמינימלי
Arabicأدنى، أقل، حد أدنى، صغير جداً
Persianحداقلی، کم، کمترین
Urduبہت چھوٹا، بہت کم، نہایت کم، کم سے کم

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of minimal
  • sehr gering, sehr klein, klitzeklein, minim, winzig, belanglos, geringfügig
  • kleinstmöglich, so gering, wie es nur geht, kleinstmöglich
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Declension and comparison forms of minimal

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

The declension and comparison of minimal 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 minimal

positive minimal
comparative minimaler
superlative am minimalsten
  • positive: minimal
  • comparative: minimaler
  • superlative: am minimalsten

Strong declension minimal

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. minimaler minimale minimales minimale
Gen. minimalen minimaler minimalen minimaler
Dat. minimalem minimaler minimalem minimalen
Acc. minimalen minimale minimales minimale
  • Masculine: minimaler, minimalen, minimalem, minimalen
  • Feminine: minimale, minimaler, minimaler, minimale
  • Neutral: minimales, minimalen, minimalem, minimales
  • Plural: minimale, minimaler, minimalen, minimale

Weak declension minimal

  • Masculine: der minimale, des minimalen, dem minimalen, den minimalen
  • Feminine: die minimale, der minimalen, der minimalen, die minimale
  • Neutral: das minimale, des minimalen, dem minimalen, das minimale
  • Plural: die minimalen, der minimalen, den minimalen, die minimalen

Mixed declension minimal

  • Masculine: ein minimaler, eines minimalen, einem minimalen, einen minimalen
  • Feminine: eine minimale, einer minimalen, einer minimalen, eine minimale
  • Neutral: ein minimales, eines minimalen, einem minimalen, ein minimales
  • Plural: keine minimalen, keiner minimalen, keinen minimalen, keine minimalen

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⁵ only in colloquial use

* 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: 80686, 80686

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 153029, 63855, 139217

* 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: 11108378, 9498329, 2083018, 2297974

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