Adjective: gediegen
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | gediegener |
| feminine | gediegene |
| neuter | gediegenes |
| plural | gediegene |
Genitive
| masculine | gediegenen |
| feminine | gediegener |
| neuter | gediegenen |
| plural | gediegener |
Dative
| masculine | gediegenem |
| feminine | gediegener |
| neuter | gediegenem |
| plural | gediegenen |
Accusative
| masculine | gediegenen |
| feminine | gediegene |
| neuter | gediegenes |
| plural | gediegene |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der gediegene |
| feminine | die gediegene |
| neuter | das gediegene |
| plural | die gediegenen |
Genitive
| masculine | des gediegenen |
| feminine | der gediegenen |
| neuter | des gediegenen |
| plural | der gediegenen |
Dative
| masculine | dem gediegenen |
| feminine | der gediegenen |
| neuter | dem gediegenen |
| plural | den gediegenen |
Accusative
| masculine | den gediegenen |
| feminine | die gediegene |
| neuter | das gediegene |
| plural | die gediegenen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein gediegener |
| feminine | eine gediegene |
| neuter | ein gediegenes |
| plural | gediegenen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines gediegenen |
| feminine | einer gediegenen |
| neuter | eines gediegenen |
| plural | gediegenen |
Dative
| masculine | einem gediegenen |
| feminine | einer gediegenen |
| neuter | einem gediegenen |
| plural | gediegenen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen gediegenen |
| feminine | eine gediegene |
| neuter | ein gediegenes |
| plural | gediegenen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | gediegen |
| Comparative | gediegener |
| Superlative | am gediegensten |
Sample Sentences
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Kupfer kommt gediegen nur selten in der Natur vor. (Copper very rarely occurs in pure form in nature.)
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Das ist ein gediegener Schmuck. (That's a quality piece of jewelry.)
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Er ist ein gediegener Charakter; ich kenne wenige, auf die man sich so verlassen kann. (He's a solid guy; I don't know many people who can be counted on like he can.)
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Er hat manchmal so'n büschen gediegene Ansichten. (He's got kinda weird opinions sometimes.)
Adjectives inflected like gediegen
bildungsfern,
szenig,
breitschulterig,
altsächsisch,
nutzerfreundlich,
psychoanalytisch,
unrettbar,
unverträglich,
unzerreißbar,
würzig,
würdig,
wütend,
kringelig,
sexbesessen,
sexual,
seelig,
seimig,
seidig,
seifig,
sehnig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle High German gedigen (“mature, nourishing, capable”), from Old High German gidigan, githigan; originally the past participle of gedeihen (with Grammatischer Wechsel), making it a doublet of the modern, leveled past participle gediehen.
Verbs referencing "gediegen"
Swedish Adjectives
gedigen.
Translations