Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

44.3 The plural alle ‘all’ is also followed by der-declension adjective endings, but note
that any following possessive adjectives (e.g. mein, dein, sein, etc. – see 30.3) or
demonstrative adjectives (e.g. dieser, jener – see 24.1) take the same endings as alle:

Alle diese schönen Sommertage nutzen mir nichts, wenn ich die

ganze Zeit arbeiten muss.

All these lovely summer days are no good to me if I have to work all the time.

In allen unseren Büros ist es furchtbar kalt.

It’s terribly cold in all our offices.

Kennst du alle jene neuen Spieler?

Do you know all those new players?

44.4 After alles ‘everything’, the adjective declines like a der-declension neuter adjective but
usually has an initial capital letter:

Ich wünsche euch alles Gute.

I wish you all the best.

 See 10.5 (p. 15) for alles as a relative pronoun and 62.4c (p. 180) and^66 (pp. 195–201)

for its use in good wishes.

45 Declension following ein

This is also sometimes called the ‘mixed’ declension (since the adjective endings are a

mix of ‘strong’ (see 46 ) and ‘weak’ (see 44 ) patterns). The various forms of the adjective

ending following ein and kein are shown in italics:

Nominative alle deine guten Freunde ‘all your good friends’

alle jene guten Freunde ‘all those good friends’

Accusative alle deine guten Freunde

alle jene guten Freunde

Dative allen deinen guten Freunden

allen jenen guten Freunden

Genitive aller deiner guten Freunde

aller jener guten Freunde

Nominative alles Gute ‘all the best’

Accusative alles Gute

Dative alles Gutem

Genitive alles Guten

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ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS