Adjective Endings

When an adjective appears after a noun, it does not have an ending:

Das Haus ist alt ... the house is old.
Das Auto ist rot ... the car is red.
Meine Schwester ist lustig ... my sister is funny.

When adjectives appear before a noun, however, it is much more troublesome! Look at the following table (click here to revise cases):

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nom	der alte Mann	die alte Frau	das alte Haus	die alten Hunde
Acc	den alten Mann	die alte Frau	das alte Haus	die alten Hunde
Gen	des alten Mannes	der alten Frau	des alten Hauses	die alten Hunde
Dat	dem alten Mann	der alten Frau	dem alten Haus	die alten Hunde

A bit daunting, isn't it?! Now look again...

There are actually only two possible adjective endings after "the" (der/die/das etc): -e and -en.

How can we remember? Look for short cuts!

All the plural adjectives end in -en. So do the dative and genitive cases!

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