Declension and comparison German adjective tot

The declension of the adjective tot (dead) uses these forms of the comparison tot,toter,am totesten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/esten. The adjective tot 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 tot, but all German adjectives. Comments

positive
tot
comparative
toter
superlative
am totesten

A1 · adjective · positive · regular · <also: comparable>

tot

tot · toter⁰ · am totesten

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English dead

/toːt/ · /toːt/ · /ˈtoːtɐ/ · /ˈtoːtɛstən/

nicht lebend; abgestorben; gestorben; nekrotisch; leblos, unlebendig

» Oma ist tot . English Grandma passed away.

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The strong inflection of tot without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. toter
Gen. toten
Dat. totem
Acc. toten

Feminine

Nom. tote
Gen. toter
Dat. toter
Acc. tote

Neutral

Nom. totes
Gen. toten
Dat. totem
Acc. totes

Plural

Nom. tote
Gen. toter
Dat. toten
Acc. tote

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Weak declension

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


Masculine

Nom. dertote
Gen. destoten
Dat. demtoten
Acc. dentoten

Feminine

Nom. dietote
Gen. dertoten
Dat. dertoten
Acc. dietote

Neutral

Nom. dastote
Gen. destoten
Dat. demtoten
Acc. dastote

Plural

Nom. dietoten
Gen. dertoten
Dat. dentoten
Acc. dietoten
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Mixed declension

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


Masculine

Nom. eintoter
Gen. einestoten
Dat. einemtoten
Acc. einentoten

Feminine

Nom. einetote
Gen. einertoten
Dat. einertoten
Acc. einetote

Neutral

Nom. eintotes
Gen. einestoten
Dat. einemtoten
Acc. eintotes

Plural

Nom. keinetoten
Gen. keinertoten
Dat. keinentoten
Acc. keinetoten

Predicative use

Using tot as predicative


Singular

Masc.eristtot
Fem.sieisttot
Neut.esisttot

Plural

siesindtot

Examples

Example sentences for tot


  • Oma ist tot . 
    English Grandma passed away.
  • Der Papagei ist tot . 
    English The parrot is dead.
  • Du reitest ein totes Pferd. 
    English You're flogging a dead horse.
  • Latein ist eine tote Sprache. 
    English Latin is a dead language.
  • Du bist ein toter Mann. 
    English You are a dead man.
  • Der Mann ist so gut wie tot . 
    English The man is all but dead.
  • Ist sie tot ? 
    English Is she dead?

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Translations

Translation of German tot


German tot
English dead
Russian мертвый, мёртвый, умерший
Spanish muerto, fallecido, inanimado, inánime, marchito, sin vida
French mort
Turkish ölü
Portuguese morto
Italian morto
Romanian mort
Hungarian halott
Polish martwy
Greek νεκρός, πεθαμένος
Dutch dood
Czech mrtvý
Swedish död
Danish død
Japanese 死んでいる, 死亡した
Catalan mort
Finnish kuollut
Norwegian død
Basque hil
Serbian mrtav, мртав
Macedonian мртов
Slovenian mrtv
Slowakisch mŕtvy
Bosnian mrtav
Croatian mrtav
Ukrainian мертвий
Bulgarian мъртъв
Belorussian мертвы, мёртвы
Indonesian mati
Vietnamese chết
Uzbek o'lgan
Hindi मृत
Chinese 死的
Thai ตาย
Korean 죽은
Azerbaijani ölü
Georgian მკვდარი
Bengali মৃত
Albanian vdekur
Marathi मृत
Nepali मृत
Telugu మరణించిన
Latvian miris
Tamil இறந்த
Estonian surnud
Armenian մեռած
Kurdish mirî
Hebrewמת
Arabicميت، موت
Persianمرده
Urduمردہ

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Meanings and synonyms of tot

  • nicht lebend, leblos, unlebendig, abgestorben, gestorben, nekrotisch

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Declension and comparison forms of tot

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


The declension and comparison of tot 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 tot

positive tot
comparative toter
superlative am totesten
  • positive: tot
  • comparative: toter
  • superlative: am totesten

Strong declension tot

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. toter tote totes tote
Gen. toten toter toten toter
Dat. totem toter totem toten
Acc. toten tote totes tote
  • Masculine: toter, toten, totem, toten
  • Feminine: tote, toter, toter, tote
  • Neutral: totes, toten, totem, totes
  • Plural: tote, toter, toten, tote

Weak declension tot

  • Masculine: der tote, des toten, dem toten, den toten
  • Feminine: die tote, der toten, der toten, die tote
  • Neutral: das tote, des toten, dem toten, das tote
  • Plural: die toten, der toten, den toten, die toten

Mixed declension tot

  • Masculine: ein toter, eines toten, einem toten, einen toten
  • Feminine: eine tote, einer toten, einer toten, eine tote
  • Neutral: ein totes, eines toten, einem toten, ein totes
  • Plural: keine toten, keiner toten, keinen toten, keine toten

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