Adjective: subtil
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | subtiler |
| feminine | subtile |
| neuter | subtiles |
| plural | subtile |
Genitive
| masculine | subtilen |
| feminine | subtiler |
| neuter | subtilen |
| plural | subtiler |
Dative
| masculine | subtilem |
| feminine | subtiler |
| neuter | subtilem |
| plural | subtilen |
Accusative
| masculine | subtilen |
| feminine | subtile |
| neuter | subtiles |
| plural | subtile |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der subtile |
| feminine | die subtile |
| neuter | das subtile |
| plural | die subtilen |
Genitive
| masculine | des subtilen |
| feminine | der subtilen |
| neuter | des subtilen |
| plural | der subtilen |
Dative
| masculine | dem subtilen |
| feminine | der subtilen |
| neuter | dem subtilen |
| plural | den subtilen |
Accusative
| masculine | den subtilen |
| feminine | die subtile |
| neuter | das subtile |
| plural | die subtilen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein subtiler |
| feminine | eine subtile |
| neuter | ein subtiles |
| plural | subtilen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines subtilen |
| feminine | einer subtilen |
| neuter | eines subtilen |
| plural | subtilen |
Dative
| masculine | einem subtilen |
| feminine | einer subtilen |
| neuter | einem subtilen |
| plural | subtilen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen subtilen |
| feminine | eine subtile |
| neuter | ein subtiles |
| plural | subtilen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | subtil |
| Comparative | subtiler |
| Superlative | am subtilsten |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like subtil
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 subtīl (13th c.), from Latin subtīlis. It was fairly well integrated in Middle High German. Accordingly a diphthongised form subteil is attested (albeit rarely) and the word is also current in some dialects. Since the 18th century it has become less frequent and more restricted to learned parlance. See: Latin Adjectives '
subtīlis'.
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