selten – German adjective declension

German adjective forms of selten

Adjective: selten

Hyphenation:

Strong Declension

(without article)

Nominative

masculineseltener
feminineseltene
neuterseltenes
pluralseltene

Genitive

masculineseltenen
feminineseltener
neuterseltenen
pluralseltener

Dative

masculineseltenem
feminineseltener
neuterseltenem
pluralseltenen

Accusative

masculineseltenen
feminineseltene
neuterseltenes
pluralseltene

Weak Declension

(with definite article)

Nominative

masculineder seltene
femininedie seltene
neuterdas seltene
pluraldie seltenen

Genitive

masculinedes seltenen
feminineder seltenen
neuterdes seltenen
pluralder seltenen

Dative

masculinedem seltenen
feminineder seltenen
neuterdem seltenen
pluralden seltenen

Accusative

masculineden seltenen
femininedie seltene
neuterdas seltene
pluraldie seltenen

Mixed Declension

(with indefinite article)

Nominative

masculineein seltener
feminineeine seltene
neuterein seltenes
pluralseltenen

Genitive

masculineeines seltenen
feminineeiner seltenen
neutereines seltenen
pluralseltenen

Dative

masculineeinem seltenen
feminineeiner seltenen
neutereinem seltenen
pluralseltenen

Accusative

masculineeinen seltenen
feminineeine seltene
neuterein seltenes
pluralseltenen

Comparison Forms

Positiveselten

Sample Sentences

  • 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11 (Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.)

Adjectives inflected like selten

selten, hären,

Etymology

1. From Middle High German sëlten, sëlden, from Old High German sëltan, from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā.
2. Cognate with English seldom, Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. See: English Adjectives 'seldom'.

Verbs referencing "selten"

English Adjectives seldom.

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