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When a German adjective comes before a noun (the attributive position), it must take an ending that agrees with the noun's gender, number, and case. This is one of the most challenging aspects of German grammar, but the system is logical and learnable. In this lesson, we focus on adjective endings in the nominative case — the case used for the subject of a sentence.
German adjective endings depend on what comes before the adjective:
| Type | What precedes the adjective | Also called |
|---|---|---|
| Weak | Definite article (der, die, das) or similar | After der-words |
| Mixed | Indefinite article (ein, eine) or similar | After ein-words |
| Strong | No article / nothing | No determiner |
When the adjective follows der, die, das, die (plural), or other der-words (dieser, jeder, welcher, jener, alle), the adjective takes weak endings:
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