German adjective endings

In German, adjectives​ have to agree in:

• ​gender (m, f, nt)

• case (nom, acc, gen, dat)

• number (s, pl)​

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BUT ONLY if the adjective comes before the noun​

Definite article

When an adjective follows the definite article it needs the following endings:​

Aiming for a 9?

You need the same definite article endings after:

dieser (this)

jener (that)

jeder (every)

welcher (which)​

Indefinite article

This article doesn't show you the gender of the noun (the neuter and masculine tend to be the same).

Therefore, the adjective needs to show instead.​

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This also goes for 'kein' and all possessives (mein, dein etc.)​

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Indefinite article endings

No article?

Sometimes there isn't an article in front of the noun, so the article is used to show the gender AND case of the noun​ its describing.

Unfortunately...

You just need to learn the genders of your nouns and the article/adjective tables!