Declension and comparison German adjective welk

The declension of the adjective welk (wilted, droopy) uses these forms of the comparison welk,welker,am welksten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective welk 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 welk, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
welk
comparative
welker
superlative
am welksten/welkesten

adjective · positive · regular · comparable

welk

welk · welker · am welk(e)sten

English wilted, droopy, limp, withered, worn

/vɛlk/ · /vɛlk/ · /ˈvɛlkɐ/ · /ˈvɛlkəstən/

[Pflanzen, Körper] nicht mehr frisch und daher schlaff oder trocken; erschlafft und faltig; faltig; furchig; runzelig; schlaff

» Die Blumen sind welk . English The flowers have wilted.

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The strong inflection of welk without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. welker
Gen. welken
Dat. welkem
Acc. welken

Feminine

Nom. welke
Gen. welker
Dat. welker
Acc. welke

Neutral

Nom. welkes
Gen. welken
Dat. welkem
Acc. welkes

Plural

Nom. welke
Gen. welker
Dat. welken
Acc. welke
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Weak declension

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

Masculine

Nom. derwelke
Gen. deswelken
Dat. demwelken
Acc. denwelken

Feminine

Nom. diewelke
Gen. derwelken
Dat. derwelken
Acc. diewelke

Neutral

Nom. daswelke
Gen. deswelken
Dat. demwelken
Acc. daswelke

Plural

Nom. diewelken
Gen. derwelken
Dat. denwelken
Acc. diewelken
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Mixed declension

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

Masculine

Nom. einwelker
Gen. eineswelken
Dat. einemwelken
Acc. einenwelken

Feminine

Nom. einewelke
Gen. einerwelken
Dat. einerwelken
Acc. einewelke

Neutral

Nom. einwelkes
Gen. eineswelken
Dat. einemwelken
Acc. einwelkes

Plural

Nom. keinewelken
Gen. keinerwelken
Dat. keinenwelken
Acc. keinewelken

Predicative use

Using welk as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristwelk
Fem.sieistwelk
Neut.esistwelk

Plural

siesindwelk

Examples

Example sentences for welk

  • Die Blumen sind welk . 
    English The flowers have wilted.
  • Vom Abendwind getrieben entschwebt welkes Laub. 
    English Shrivelled leaves are wafting away on the evening breeze.
  • Auf der Wasseroberfläche treibt ein welkes Blatt. 
    English On the water's surface floats a wilted leaf.
  • Sprühregen treibt die welken Blätter vor sich her. 
    English The drizzle drives the wilted leaves before it.
  • Mir gefallen die warmen Farben des Herbstes, das rauchige Licht, der Nebel und die Matten aus welkem Laub. 
    English I like the warm colors of autumn, the smoky light, the fog, and the mats of withered leaves.
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Translations

Translation of German welk

German welk
English wilted, droopy, limp, withered, worn
Russian вялый, сморщенный, сухой, увядший
Spanish marchito, marchita, seco
French fané, flétri
Turkish solgun, buruşuk, kurumuş, pörsümüş
Portuguese murcha, murchante, seca
Italian appassito, sciupato, secco
Romanian ofilit, uscat, wilt, wilted
Hungarian fonnyadt, petyhüdt, száradt
Polish suchy, wiotki, więdły, zwiędły
Greek μαραμένος, ξερός, ρυτιδωμένος
Dutch slap, verwelkt, droog
Czech ochablý, usychající, vadnoucí, vysušený
Swedish skrumpen, slapp, torr, visset
Danish rynket, slap, tør, visnet
Japanese しおれた, しわくちゃ, 枯れた
Catalan flàccid, arrugat, mancat de frescor, marcit, sec, secat
Finnish nuupahtanut, kuiva, veltto
Norwegian slapp, rynkete, visne
Basque lehor, luzatu, muskulua, zurrun
Serbian smežuran
Macedonian паднат, сув
Slovenian suh, venel
Slowakisch ochabnutý, wädnucí, wädnucý
Bosnian smežuran, suho
Croatian smežuran, suhi
Ukrainian в'ялий, пом'ятий, сухий
Bulgarian вял, паднал, сух, увяхнал
Belorussian в'ялы, вялый, зморшчысты, сухі
Indonesian layu, keriput
Vietnamese héo, nhăn nheo
Uzbek ajinli, quruq, so‘lgan
Hindi कुम्हलाया, मुरझाया, सूखा
Chinese 枯萎, 干瘪
Thai เหี่ยว, เหี่ยวย่น
Korean 시든, 축 처진
Azerbaijani solmuş, büzüşmüş
Georgian დაჭკნილი, ნაოჭიანი
Bengali কুঁচকানো, কুমলানো, শুকনো
Albanian rrudhur, thatër, vyshkur
Marathi कोमेजलेला, सुकलेले, सुरकुतलेला
Nepali ओइलिएको, चाउरिएको, सुकिएको
Telugu ముడతపడ్డ, వాడిన, శుష్క
Latvian izžāvēts, krunkains, vītušs
Tamil உலர்ந்த, சுருங்கிய, வாடிய
Estonian kortsuline, närbunud, närtsunud
Armenian թառամած, կծկված, չորացած
Kurdish kilkî, wiltî
Hebrewנבול، יבש، רפוי
Arabicذابل، جاف، مترهل
Persianپژمرده، خشک، چروک
Urduبے جان، خشک، سُست، پھیکا

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Meanings and synonyms of welk
  • [Pflanzen] nicht mehr frisch und daher schlaff oder trocken, faltig, furchig, runzelig, schlaff, zerknittert
  • [Körper] erschlafft und faltig
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Declension and comparison forms of welk

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

The declension and comparison of welk 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 welk

positive welk
comparative welker
superlative am welk(e)sten
  • positive: welk
  • comparative: welker
  • superlative: am welk(e)sten

Strong declension welk

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. welker welke welkes welke
Gen. welken welker welken welker
Dat. welkem welker welkem welken
Acc. welken welke welkes welke
  • Masculine: welker, welken, welkem, welken
  • Feminine: welke, welker, welker, welke
  • Neutral: welkes, welken, welkem, welkes
  • Plural: welke, welker, welken, welke

Weak declension welk

  • Masculine: der welke, des welken, dem welken, den welken
  • Feminine: die welke, der welken, der welken, die welke
  • Neutral: das welke, des welken, dem welken, das welke
  • Plural: die welken, der welken, den welken, die welken

Mixed declension welk

  • Masculine: ein welker, eines welken, einem welken, einen welken
  • Feminine: eine welke, einer welken, einer welken, eine welke
  • Neutral: ein welkes, eines welken, einem welken, ein welkes
  • Plural: keine welken, keiner welken, keinen welken, keine welken

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