Adjective: bourgeois
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | bourgeoiser |
| feminine | bourgeoise |
| neuter | bourgeoises |
| plural | bourgeoise |
Genitive
| masculine | bourgeoisen |
| feminine | bourgeoiser |
| neuter | bourgeoisen |
| plural | bourgeoiser |
Dative
| masculine | bourgeoisem |
| feminine | bourgeoiser |
| neuter | bourgeoisem |
| plural | bourgeoisen |
Accusative
| masculine | bourgeoisen |
| feminine | bourgeoise |
| neuter | bourgeoises |
| plural | bourgeoise |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der bourgeoise |
| feminine | die bourgeoise |
| neuter | das bourgeoise |
| plural | die bourgeoisen |
Genitive
| masculine | des bourgeoisen |
| feminine | der bourgeoisen |
| neuter | des bourgeoisen |
| plural | der bourgeoisen |
Dative
| masculine | dem bourgeoisen |
| feminine | der bourgeoisen |
| neuter | dem bourgeoisen |
| plural | den bourgeoisen |
Accusative
| masculine | den bourgeoisen |
| feminine | die bourgeoise |
| neuter | das bourgeoise |
| plural | die bourgeoisen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein bourgeoiser |
| feminine | eine bourgeoise |
| neuter | ein bourgeoises |
| plural | bourgeoisen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines bourgeoisen |
| feminine | einer bourgeoisen |
| neuter | eines bourgeoisen |
| plural | bourgeoisen |
Dative
| masculine | einem bourgeoisen |
| feminine | einer bourgeoisen |
| neuter | einem bourgeoisen |
| plural | bourgeoisen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen bourgeoisen |
| feminine | eine bourgeoise |
| neuter | ein bourgeoises |
| plural | bourgeoisen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | bourgeois |
| Comparative | bourgeoiser |
| Superlative | am bourgeoisesten |
Sample Sentences
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„Wie soll das denn gehen?“ ― „Was’n das für ’ne scheiß bourgeoise Fragestellung, hm? Wir machen das! Und wenn wir dabei draufgehen!“ („How’s it ever supposed to work?“ — „What a fucking bourgeois thing to ask is this, huh? We’re doing it! Even if it means we bite the biscuit!“) [2008, Bernd Eichinger, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, spoken by Ulrike Meinhof & Andreas Baader (Martina Gedeck & Moritz Bleibtreu):]
Adjectives inflected like bourgeois
seriös,
hemmungslos,
seicht,
kleinkariert,
seelenlos,
rügenswert,
schleierhaft,
defizient,
aalglatt,
bejahrt,
bedeckt,
begehrt,
behaart,
beherzt,
bekifft,
traditionsbewusst,
bekannt,
bekackt,
objektorientiert,
bemoost, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from French bourgeois, name for a wealthy class of French citizens in the late 18th century. See: French Adjectives '
bourgeois'.
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