Declension and comparison German adjective original

The declension of the adjective original (authentic, original) uses these forms of the comparison original,originaler,am originalsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective original 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 original, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

noun
Original, das
positive
original
comparative
originaler
superlative
am originalsten

B1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

original

original · originaler · am originalsten

English authentic, original

/oʁiɡiˈnaːl/ · /oʁiɡiˈnaːl/ · /oʁiɡiˈnaːlɐ/ · /oʁiɡiˈnaːlstən/

ursprünglich, nicht nachgemacht, nicht imitiert; echt; nativ; originär; richtig; unverbildet

» Das ist original . English This is original.

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The strong inflection of original without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. originaler
Gen. originalen
Dat. originalem
Acc. originalen

Feminine

Nom. originale
Gen. originaler
Dat. originaler
Acc. originale

Neutral

Nom. originales
Gen. originalen
Dat. originalem
Acc. originales

Plural

Nom. originale
Gen. originaler
Dat. originalen
Acc. originale
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. deroriginale
Gen. desoriginalen
Dat. demoriginalen
Acc. denoriginalen

Feminine

Nom. dieoriginale
Gen. deroriginalen
Dat. deroriginalen
Acc. dieoriginale

Neutral

Nom. dasoriginale
Gen. desoriginalen
Dat. demoriginalen
Acc. dasoriginale

Plural

Nom. dieoriginalen
Gen. deroriginalen
Dat. denoriginalen
Acc. dieoriginalen
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einoriginaler
Gen. einesoriginalen
Dat. einemoriginalen
Acc. einenoriginalen

Feminine

Nom. eineoriginale
Gen. eineroriginalen
Dat. eineroriginalen
Acc. eineoriginale

Neutral

Nom. einoriginales
Gen. einesoriginalen
Dat. einemoriginalen
Acc. einoriginales

Plural

Nom. keineoriginalen
Gen. keineroriginalen
Dat. keinenoriginalen
Acc. keineoriginalen

Predicative use

Using original as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristoriginal
Fem.sieistoriginal
Neut.esistoriginal

Plural

siesindoriginal

Examples

Example sentences for original

  • Das ist original . 
    English This is original.
  • Mein Satz ist original . 
    English My sentence is original.
  • Original klingen sie viel besser. 
    English They sound much better.
  • Eine originale ist unbezahlbar teuer. 
    English An original is incredibly expensive.
  • Du bist ein originales Meisterstück. 
    English You are an original masterpiece.
  • Die Rückwand des Gebäudes ist noch die originale Zyklopenmauer. 
    English The back wall of the building is still the original cyclopean wall.
  • Die originalen Kutten waren natürlich aus Wolle, aber das ist teuer. 
    English The original robes were of course made of wool, but that is expensive.
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Translations

Translation of German original

German original
English authentic, original
Russian оригинальный, первоначальный
Spanish auténtico, original
French authentique, original
Turkish orijinal, özgün
Portuguese autêntico, original
Italian originale
Romanian autentic
Hungarian eredeti, valódi
Polish oryginalny, pierwotny
Greek αυθεντικός, πρωτότυπος
Dutch oorspronkelijk, origineel
Czech originální, původní
Swedish ursprunglig, äkta
Danish oprindelig
Japanese オリジナル, 元の
Finnish aito, alkuperäinen
Basque hasierako, jatorrizko
Serbian originalan, prvobitan
Macedonian оригинален, потеклото
Slovenian izviren, prvoten
Slowakisch originálny, pôvodný
Bosnian izvorni, prvobitni
Croatian izvorni, prvotni
Ukrainian оригінальний, первісний
Bulgarian оригинален
Belorussian арыгінальны, першапачатковы
Indonesian asli, orijinal
Vietnamese gốc, nguyên bản
Uzbek asl, haqiqiy
Hindi असल, मौलिक
Chinese 原始的, 正宗
Thai ต้นฉบับ, แท้
Korean 원본, 진품
Azerbaijani orijinal, əsli
Georgian ორიგინალი
Bengali আসল, মূল
Albanian autentik, origjinal
Marathi मूळ, मौलिक
Nepali प्रामाणिक, मौलिक
Telugu అసలు, మూల
Latvian autentisks, oriģināls
Tamil உண்மையான, மூல
Estonian autentne, originaalne
Armenian առաջինական, օրիգինալ
Kurdish asal
Hebrewמקורי
Arabicأصلي، غير مقلد
Persianابتدایی، اصلی
Urduابتدائی، اصلی

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Meanings and synonyms of original
  • ursprünglich, nicht nachgemacht, nicht imitiert, echt, nativ, originär, richtig, unverbildet
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Declension and comparison forms of original

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

The declension and comparison of original 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 original

positive original
comparative originaler
superlative am originalsten
  • positive: original
  • comparative: originaler
  • superlative: am originalsten

Strong declension original

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. originaler originale originales originale
Gen. originalen originaler originalen originaler
Dat. originalem originaler originalem originalen
Acc. originalen originale originales originale
  • Masculine: originaler, originalen, originalem, originalen
  • Feminine: originale, originaler, originaler, originale
  • Neutral: originales, originalen, originalem, originales
  • Plural: originale, originaler, originalen, originale

Weak declension original

  • Masculine: der originale, des originalen, dem originalen, den originalen
  • Feminine: die originale, der originalen, der originalen, die originale
  • Neutral: das originale, des originalen, dem originalen, das originale
  • Plural: die originalen, der originalen, den originalen, die originalen

Mixed declension original

  • Masculine: ein originaler, eines originalen, einem originalen, einen originalen
  • Feminine: eine originale, einer originalen, einer originalen, eine originale
  • Neutral: ein originales, eines originalen, einem originalen, ein originales
  • Plural: keine originalen, keiner originalen, keinen originalen, keine originalen

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