Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition
46.2 The so-called zero-declension endings are used: (a) When an adjective is not preceded either by an article ( 22 ) or by a d ...
Einige arme Rentner können sich nicht richtig ernähren. Some poor pensioners are unable to feed themselves properly. Dank vieler ...
(b) Adjectives formed from numerals also end in -er and do not decline: In den fünfziger Jahren hatten wir ja wenig Geld. Of cou ...
Er hat ein orange Hemd (but: ein orangefarbenes Hemd). He’s got an orange shirt. (c)ganz and halb when used before place names w ...
to the basic adjective and then adding the appropriate adjective endings (see 51 for comparison of adverbs): Ich lese ein intere ...
Warum habe ich das härteste Bett? Why have I got the hardest bed? Sie hat das blasseste Gesicht, das ich je gesehen habe. She’s ...
Birgit ist fast so groß wie Maria. Birgit is almost as tall as Maria. The comparison can be reinforced by genauso or ebenso (see ...
49 Extended adjectival phrases See 58.1 (p. 146). Also known as ‘extended participial phrases’, adjectival phrases consist of ...
Der Zug ist pünktlich angekommen. The train arrived on time. 50.3 There are, in addition, a number of characteristic adverbial e ...
Wir liefen um den Sportplatz herum. We ran around the sports ground. 50.5 (a) Interrogatives, or question words, represent anoth ...
For the order of adverbials in a sentence or clause, see^11. The wo + preposition words and the da + preposition words stand ...
Er hat die Sache äußerst schnell erledigt. He dealt with the matter extremely quickly. Die Studenten haben höchst leichtsinnig r ...
VIII Word structure and word formation 52 Principles of word formation 52.1 This section describes the main ways in which comple ...
52.5 The umlaut (see 1.5) is sometimes involved in the process of word formation in German, but it is not always possible to pre ...
Miss- ‘wrong’ (like English ‘mis-’) der Misserfolg ‘failure/fiasco’, der Missbrauch ‘abuse/improper use’, das Missverständnis ‘m ...
Büromaschinenhersteller ‘manufacturer of office machines’ Geschwindigkeitsgrenze ‘speed limit’ (c) German can be more precise th ...
in forms feminine nouns identifying a person as female: die Verteidigerin ‘defender/defence counsel’, die Professorin ‘profess ...
der, die Studierende ‘student’ der, die Mitsingende ‘the person singing along’ der, die Nichtshabende ‘person who has nothing’ d ...
haft ‘like’ (see 74 ) lehrerhaft ‘schoolmasterly’, meisterhaft ‘masterful’ isch (sometimes with umlaut) (see 74 ) kindisch ‘ ...
los ‘without’ kinderlos ‘childless’, ideenlos ‘without ideas’, rücksichtslos ‘thoughtless/inconsiderate’ frei ‘free from’ ph ...
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