Adjective: tough
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | tougher |
| feminine | toughe |
| neuter | toughes |
| plural | toughe |
Genitive
| masculine | toughen |
| feminine | tougher |
| neuter | toughen |
| plural | tougher |
Dative
| masculine | toughem |
| feminine | tougher |
| neuter | toughem |
| plural | toughen |
Accusative
| masculine | toughen |
| feminine | toughe |
| neuter | toughes |
| plural | toughe |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der toughe |
| feminine | die toughe |
| neuter | das toughe |
| plural | die toughen |
Genitive
| masculine | des toughen |
| feminine | der toughen |
| neuter | des toughen |
| plural | der toughen |
Dative
| masculine | dem toughen |
| feminine | der toughen |
| neuter | dem toughen |
| plural | den toughen |
Accusative
| masculine | den toughen |
| feminine | die toughe |
| neuter | das toughe |
| plural | die toughen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein tougher |
| feminine | eine toughe |
| neuter | ein toughes |
| plural | toughen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines toughen |
| feminine | einer toughen |
| neuter | eines toughen |
| plural | toughen |
Dative
| masculine | einem toughen |
| feminine | einer toughen |
| neuter | einem toughen |
| plural | toughen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen toughen |
| feminine | eine toughe |
| neuter | ein toughes |
| plural | toughen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | tough |
| Comparative | tougher |
| Superlative | am toughsten; am toughesten |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like tough
schlank,
bewandert,
übernächtigt,
tatenfroh,
farbenfroh,
lebensfroh,
tough,
plump,
jäh,
weh,
roh,
zäh,
gefeiert,
lütt,
froh,
tumb,
welk,
wirr,
rauh,
stumpf, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from English tough; see also German taff. See: English Adjectives '
tough', German Adjectives '
taff'.
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