Declension and comparison German adjective quer

The declension of the adjective quer (askew, crosswise) uses these forms of the comparison quer,querer,am quersten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective quer 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 quer, but all German adjectives. Comments

positive
quer
comparative
querer
superlative
am quersten

B1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

quer

quer · querer · am quersten

English askew, crosswise, diagonal

/ˈkveːɐ̯/ · /ˈkveːɐ̯/ · /ˈkveːɐ̯ɐ/ · /ˈkveːɐ̯stn̩/

in einer schrägen oder diagonalen Richtung

» Sie haben eine Brücke quer über den Fluss gebaut. English They built a bridge across the river.

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The strong inflection of quer without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. querer
Gen. queren
Dat. querem
Acc. queren

Feminine

Nom. quere
Gen. querer
Dat. querer
Acc. quere

Neutral

Nom. queres
Gen. queren
Dat. querem
Acc. queres

Plural

Nom. quere
Gen. querer
Dat. queren
Acc. quere

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Weak declension

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


Masculine

Nom. derquere
Gen. desqueren
Dat. demqueren
Acc. denqueren

Feminine

Nom. diequere
Gen. derqueren
Dat. derqueren
Acc. diequere

Neutral

Nom. dasquere
Gen. desqueren
Dat. demqueren
Acc. dasquere

Plural

Nom. diequeren
Gen. derqueren
Dat. denqueren
Acc. diequeren
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Mixed declension

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


Masculine

Nom. einquerer
Gen. einesqueren
Dat. einemqueren
Acc. einenqueren

Feminine

Nom. einequere
Gen. einerqueren
Dat. einerqueren
Acc. einequere

Neutral

Nom. einqueres
Gen. einesqueren
Dat. einemqueren
Acc. einqueres

Plural

Nom. keinequeren
Gen. keinerqueren
Dat. keinenqueren
Acc. keinequeren

Predicative use

Using quer as predicative


Singular

Masc.eristquer
Fem.sieistquer
Neut.esistquer

Plural

siesindquer

Examples

Example sentences for quer


  • Sie haben eine Brücke quer über den Fluss gebaut. 
    English They built a bridge across the river.
  • Als sie quer über den Platz gingen, fiel das Sonnenlicht gerade auf die Statue, die dort stand. 
    English As they walked across the square, the sunlight fell just on the statue that stood there.
  • Eine Querflöte wird beim Blasen quer gehalten. 
    English A flute is held sideways when blowing.
  • Jene Person war so unverschämt, quer durch unseren Garten zu gehen. 
    English That person was so rude to walk across our garden.
  • Die Stöcke waren quer übereinandergelegt. 
    English The sticks were laid across each other.
  • Quer gestreifte Herzmuskelzellen findet man im Myokard. 
    English Striated heart muscle cells are found in the myocardium.
  • Der Baum fiel mit einem Bums quer über den Weg. 
    English The tree fell across the path with a thud.

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Translations

Translation of German quer


German quer
English askew, crosswise, diagonal
Russian диагональный, косой
Spanish diagonal, en diagonal
French diagonal, schräg
Turkish diagonal, çapraz
Portuguese diagonal, oblíquo
Italian diagonale, obliquo
Romanian diagonal, înclinat
Hungarian ferde, átlós
Polish krzywy, ukośny
Greek διαγώνιος, κλινής
Dutch diagonaal, schuin
Czech diagonální, šikmý
Swedish diagonal, sned
Danish diagonal, skrå
Japanese 対角, 斜め
Catalan diagonal, esquerre
Finnish diagonaalisesti, vinossa
Norwegian diagonal, skrå
Basque diagonal, okertuta
Serbian dijagonalni, kosi
Macedonian дијагонално, косо
Slovenian diagonalno, poševno
Slowakisch diagonálny, šikmý
Bosnian dijagonalni, kosi
Croatian dijagonalni, kosi
Ukrainian діагональний, косий
Bulgarian диагонален, кос
Belorussian дыяганальны, косы
Indonesian diagonal
Vietnamese chéo
Uzbek diagonal
Hindi तिरछा
Chinese 对角线的, 斜向的
Thai ทแยงมุม
Korean 대각선의, 사선의
Azerbaijani diaqonal
Georgian დიაგონალური
Bengali ডায়اغোনাল
Albanian diagonal
Marathi तिरखा
Nepali डायागोनल
Telugu డయాగోనల్
Latvian diagonāls
Tamil டயாகோணல்
Estonian diagonaalne
Armenian դիագոնալ
Kurdish diyagonal
Hebrewאלכסוני، שיפועי
Arabicقطري، مائل
Persianقطری، کج
Urduترچھا، ڈائگنل

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Meanings and synonyms of quer

  • in einer schrägen oder diagonalen Richtung

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Declension and comparison forms of quer

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


The declension and comparison of quer 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 quer

positive quer
comparative querer
superlative am quersten
  • positive: quer
  • comparative: querer
  • superlative: am quersten

Strong declension quer

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. querer quere queres quere
Gen. queren querer queren querer
Dat. querem querer querem queren
Acc. queren quere queres quere
  • Masculine: querer, queren, querem, queren
  • Feminine: quere, querer, querer, quere
  • Neutral: queres, queren, querem, queres
  • Plural: quere, querer, queren, quere

Weak declension quer

  • Masculine: der quere, des queren, dem queren, den queren
  • Feminine: die quere, der queren, der queren, die quere
  • Neutral: das quere, des queren, dem queren, das quere
  • Plural: die queren, der queren, den queren, die queren

Mixed declension quer

  • Masculine: ein querer, eines queren, einem queren, einen queren
  • Feminine: eine quere, einer queren, einer queren, eine quere
  • Neutral: ein queres, eines queren, einem queren, ein queres
  • Plural: keine queren, keiner queren, keinen queren, keine queren

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