Declension and comparison German adjective postum

The declension of the adjective postum (posthumous, after death) uses the incomparable form postum. The adjective has no forms for the comparative and superlative. The adjective postum 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 postum, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

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postum

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English posthumous, after death

/pɔsˈtuːm/ · /pɔsˈtuːm/

nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend; nachfolgend; nachträglich

» Tom wurde postum mit der Tapferkeitsmedaille ausgezeichnet. English Tom was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

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The strong inflection of postum without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. postumer
Gen. postumen
Dat. postumem
Acc. postumen

Feminine

Nom. postume
Gen. postumer
Dat. postumer
Acc. postume

Neutral

Nom. postumes
Gen. postumen
Dat. postumem
Acc. postumes

Plural

Nom. postume
Gen. postumer
Dat. postumen
Acc. postume
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derpostume
Gen. despostumen
Dat. dempostumen
Acc. denpostumen

Feminine

Nom. diepostume
Gen. derpostumen
Dat. derpostumen
Acc. diepostume

Neutral

Nom. daspostume
Gen. despostumen
Dat. dempostumen
Acc. daspostume

Plural

Nom. diepostumen
Gen. derpostumen
Dat. denpostumen
Acc. diepostumen
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einpostumer
Gen. einespostumen
Dat. einempostumen
Acc. einenpostumen

Feminine

Nom. einepostume
Gen. einerpostumen
Dat. einerpostumen
Acc. einepostume

Neutral

Nom. einpostumes
Gen. einespostumen
Dat. einempostumen
Acc. einpostumes

Plural

Nom. keinepostumen
Gen. keinerpostumen
Dat. keinenpostumen
Acc. keinepostumen

Predicative use

Using postum as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristpostum
Fem.sieistpostum
Neut.esistpostum

Plural

siesindpostum

Examples

Example sentences for postum

  • Tom wurde postum mit der Tapferkeitsmedaille ausgezeichnet. 
    English Tom was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • Viele herausragende Denker, die ihr Leben lang unbekannt blieben, wurden postum berühmt. 
    English Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.
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Translations

Translation of German postum

German postum
English posthumous, after death
Russian посмертный
Spanish póstumo
French posthume
Turkish sonradan, ölümden sonra
Portuguese póstumo
Italian postumo
Hungarian posztumusz
Polish pośmiertny
Greek μεταθανάτιος
Dutch postuum
Czech posmrtní
Swedish postum
Danish posthum
Japanese 死後の, 追悼の
Finnish jälkeen kuoleman, kuoleman jälkeen
Norwegian posthum
Basque heriotzaren ondoren
Serbian postuman
Macedonian постхумно
Slovenian po smrti, posmrtno
Slowakisch po smrti, posmrtne
Bosnian postuman
Croatian naknadni, postuman
Ukrainian посмертний
Bulgarian посмъртен, постхумен
Belorussian пасмяротны
Indonesian pasca kematian
Vietnamese sau khi chết
Uzbek o'limidan keyingi
Hindi मरणोत्तर
Chinese 死后的
Thai หลังตาย
Korean 사후의
Azerbaijani ölümündən sonra
Georgian გარდაცვალების შემდეგ
Bengali মরণোত্তর
Albanian pas vdekjes
Marathi मृत्योत्तर
Nepali मृत्युपश्चात्
Telugu మరణానంతరం
Latvian pēc nāves
Tamil மரணத்திற்குப் பின்
Estonian postuumne
Armenian մահից հետո
Kurdish piştî mirinê
Hebrewפוסטום
Arabicبعد الوفاة
Persianپس از مرگ
Urduبعد از مرگ

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Meanings and synonyms of postum
  • nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend, nachfolgend, nachträglich
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Declension and comparison forms of postum

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

The declension and comparison of postum 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 postum

positive postum
comparative -
superlative -
  • positive: postum
  • comparative: -
  • superlative: -

Strong declension postum

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. postumer postume postumes postume
Gen. postumen postumer postumen postumer
Dat. postumem postumer postumem postumen
Acc. postumen postume postumes postume
  • Masculine: postumer, postumen, postumem, postumen
  • Feminine: postume, postumer, postumer, postume
  • Neutral: postumes, postumen, postumem, postumes
  • Plural: postume, postumer, postumen, postume

Weak declension postum

  • Masculine: der postume, des postumen, dem postumen, den postumen
  • Feminine: die postume, der postumen, der postumen, die postume
  • Neutral: das postume, des postumen, dem postumen, das postume
  • Plural: die postumen, der postumen, den postumen, die postumen

Mixed declension postum

  • Masculine: ein postumer, eines postumen, einem postumen, einen postumen
  • Feminine: eine postume, einer postumen, einer postumen, eine postume
  • Neutral: ein postumes, eines postumen, einem postumen, ein postumes
  • Plural: keine postumen, keiner postumen, keinen postumen, keine postumen

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