Adjective: traurig
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | trauriger |
| feminine | traurige |
| neuter | trauriges |
| plural | traurige |
Genitive
| masculine | traurigen |
| feminine | trauriger |
| neuter | traurigen |
| plural | trauriger |
Dative
| masculine | traurigem |
| feminine | trauriger |
| neuter | traurigem |
| plural | traurigen |
Accusative
| masculine | traurigen |
| feminine | traurige |
| neuter | trauriges |
| plural | traurige |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der traurige |
| feminine | die traurige |
| neuter | das traurige |
| plural | die traurigen |
Genitive
| masculine | des traurigen |
| feminine | der traurigen |
| neuter | des traurigen |
| plural | der traurigen |
Dative
| masculine | dem traurigen |
| feminine | der traurigen |
| neuter | dem traurigen |
| plural | den traurigen |
Accusative
| masculine | den traurigen |
| feminine | die traurige |
| neuter | das traurige |
| plural | die traurigen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein trauriger |
| feminine | eine traurige |
| neuter | ein trauriges |
| plural | traurigen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines traurigen |
| feminine | einer traurigen |
| neuter | eines traurigen |
| plural | traurigen |
Dative
| masculine | einem traurigen |
| feminine | einer traurigen |
| neuter | einem traurigen |
| plural | traurigen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen traurigen |
| feminine | eine traurige |
| neuter | ein trauriges |
| plural | traurigen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | traurig |
| Comparative | trauriger |
| Superlative | am traurigsten |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like traurig
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 trūrec, from Old High German trūrag, from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreus- (“to break, break off, crumble”). By surface analysis, Trauer + -ig. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), Hunsrik traurich (“sad”), English dreary (“grievous, dire, appalling, drab, dark, colourless, cheerless”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). See: Dutch Adjectives '
treurig', English Adjectives '
dreary'.
Verbs referencing "traurig"
English Adjectives
dreary, Dutch Adjectives
treurig.
Translations