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33 Cards in this Set
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großen |
big tall large |
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Ich habe einen großen Bruder und eine kleine Schwester. |
I have a big brother and a little sister |
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Die Küche |
kitchen kitchenette kitchen furniture Gender: feminine |
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Die Küche ist groß! |
The kitchen is big! |
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Es ist ein großes Fenster aus Glas. |
It is a big window made out of glass. |
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Die Katze ist nicht klein. |
The cat is not small |
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Das Pferd ist größer. |
This horse is larger |
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grammar lesson |
They obviously have a lot in common as they both get an -er ending. But please keep in mind the distinction of predicative adjective and attributive adjective:
An adjective is used predicatively in sentences with to be . An attributive adjective is placed in front of a noun and these adjectives receive an inflection depending on the gender, number and case of the noun. And the inflection pattern also depends on the article or possessive determiner in front of it: These examples all use the normal positive form of the adjective, but the rule also applies to comparative adjectives. And in principle you turn the positive form of the adjective into the comparative form by adding -er- after the stem – before the gender/number/case ending described above for attributive adjectives. „Mein Hund ist schnell. Dein Hund ist schneller.“ (both predicative) – “The dog is fast.” There are some special cases in which it takes more than adding -er- to the adjective to form the comparative. You can read about them here. groß => größer is one of them as the o in the positive adjective turns into an umlaut in the comparative. „Mein großes Pferd und dein noch größeres Pferd…“ – “My large horse and your even larger horse…” So if you see an adjective, I suggest you to first check whether it's used predicatively or attributively. If it's used attributively then there has to be an inflection according to the gender etc. And if you still have a spare -er- left after you account for it, its the comparative form. On the other hand, if the adjective is used as a predicate, then an added -er at the end has to be the comparative form as there wouldn't be an inflection according to the gender: „Ein schneller Hund…“ with attributive adjective. The er is due to the masculine gender, no spare -er- => “A fast dog…” |
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Das ist ein großes Boot. |
This is a big boat |
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Die Küche ist klein. |
The kitchen is small |
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Seine Männer sind groß |
His men are big |
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größere |
bigger big large |
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Das ist eine größere Orange. |
That is a bigger orange |
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Der Mantel ist größer. |
The coat is bigger |
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Sie hat eine kleine Tochter. |
She has a little daughter |
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Er ist zwei Meter groß. |
He is two meters tall |
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Sie haben ein großes Haus. |
They have a big house |
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Die Äpfel sind klein. |
The apples are small |
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Das ist eine große Erdbeere. |
This is a big strawberry |
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Wir essen am großen Tisch. |
We're eating at the big table |
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She has a small dog |
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DER Teller |
plate plates Gender: masculine |
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Unser großer Teller ist grün. |
Our big plate is green |
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Ich habe eine große Katze. |
I have a big cat |
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Meine Katze ist die größere Katze. |
My cat is the larger cat. |
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Sie großen Brüder und große Schwestern haben |
You have big brothers and big sisters |
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das Motorrad |
motorcycle Gender: neuter |
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Habt ihr ein großes Motorrad? |
Do you have a big motorcycle? |
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Die Männer sind groß. |
The men are big. |
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Wir essen am großen Tisch. |
We're eating at the big table. |
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Alle haben ein großes Fenster. |
Everyone has a big window. |