klug – German adjective declension

German adjective forms of klug

Adjective: klug

Hyphenation:

Strong Declension

(without article)

Nominative

masculinekluger
femininekluge
neuterkluges
pluralkluge

Genitive

masculineklugen
femininekluger
neuterklugen
pluralkluger

Dative

masculineklugem
femininekluger
neuterklugem
pluralklugen

Accusative

masculineklugen
femininekluge
neuterkluges
pluralkluge

Weak Declension

(with definite article)

Nominative

masculineder kluge
femininedie kluge
neuterdas kluge
pluraldie klugen

Genitive

masculinedes klugen
feminineder klugen
neuterdes klugen
pluralder klugen

Dative

masculinedem klugen
feminineder klugen
neuterdem klugen
pluralden klugen

Accusative

masculineden klugen
femininedie kluge
neuterdas kluge
pluraldie klugen

Mixed Declension

(with indefinite article)

Nominative

masculineein kluger
feminineeine kluge
neuterein kluges
pluralklugen

Genitive

masculineeines klugen
feminineeiner klugen
neutereines klugen
pluralklugen

Dative

masculineeinem klugen
feminineeiner klugen
neutereinem klugen
pluralklugen

Accusative

masculineeinen klugen
feminineeine kluge
neuterein kluges
pluralklugen

Comparison Forms

Positiveklug
Comparativeklüger
Superlativeam klügsten

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like klug

weltklug, neunmalklug, unklug, klug,

Etymology

1. From Middle High German kluoc, which was borrowed via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German klōk and Middle Dutch cloec, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz. Compare Old Norse klókr, and dialectal Dutch kloek.
2. In Upper German dialects, the final [k]-sound after a long vowel was naturally interpreted as underlying /ɡ/. This form then also spread back northwards, though some northern Central German dialects (like Ripuarian) retained /k/, as did Low German. See: Dutch Adjectives 'kloek'.

Verbs referencing "klug"

Swedish Adjectives klok, Dutch Adjectives kloek.

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