Adjective: dufte
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | dufter |
| feminine | dufte |
| neuter | duftes |
| plural | dufte |
Genitive
| masculine | duften |
| feminine | dufter |
| neuter | duften |
| plural | dufter |
Dative
| masculine | duftem |
| feminine | dufter |
| neuter | duftem |
| plural | duften |
Accusative
| masculine | duften |
| feminine | dufte |
| neuter | duftes |
| plural | dufte |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der dufte |
| feminine | die dufte |
| neuter | das dufte |
| plural | die duften |
Genitive
| masculine | des duften |
| feminine | der duften |
| neuter | des duften |
| plural | der duften |
Dative
| masculine | dem duften |
| feminine | der duften |
| neuter | dem duften |
| plural | den duften |
Accusative
| masculine | den duften |
| feminine | die dufte |
| neuter | das dufte |
| plural | die duften |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein dufter |
| feminine | eine dufte |
| neuter | ein duftes |
| plural | duften |
Genitive
| masculine | eines duften |
| feminine | einer duften |
| neuter | eines duften |
| plural | duften |
Dative
| masculine | einem duften |
| feminine | einer duften |
| neuter | einem duften |
| plural | duften |
Accusative
| masculine | einen duften |
| feminine | eine dufte |
| neuter | ein duftes |
| plural | duften |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | dufte |
| Comparative | dufter |
| Superlative | am duftesten |
Sample Sentences
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Berlin is’ dufte, Hauptstadt der DDR / Berlin is’ dufte, und die olle Mauer is’ och nich’ mehr (Berlin is great, capital of East Germany / Berlin is great, and the ol’ wall is gone too) [1991, “Berlin (is dufte!)”, in Street, performed by Nina Hagen:]
Adjectives inflected like dufte
sachte,
solide,
behände,
behende,
perfide,
schnöde,
europamüde,
gelinde,
unweise,
kriegsmüde,
lebensmüde,
amtsmüde,
bitterböse,
dufte,
leise,
töfte,
krude,
prüde,
weise,
öde, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”), via Yiddish and Rotwelsch. Compare Dutch tof. See: Dutch Adjectives '
tof'.
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