Adjective: schlau
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | schlauer |
| feminine | schlaue |
| neuter | schlaues |
| plural | schlaue |
Genitive
| masculine | schlauen |
| feminine | schlauer |
| neuter | schlauen |
| plural | schlauer |
Dative
| masculine | schlauem |
| feminine | schlauer |
| neuter | schlauem |
| plural | schlauen |
Accusative
| masculine | schlauen |
| feminine | schlaue |
| neuter | schlaues |
| plural | schlaue |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der schlaue |
| feminine | die schlaue |
| neuter | das schlaue |
| plural | die schlauen |
Genitive
| masculine | des schlauen |
| feminine | der schlauen |
| neuter | des schlauen |
| plural | der schlauen |
Dative
| masculine | dem schlauen |
| feminine | der schlauen |
| neuter | dem schlauen |
| plural | den schlauen |
Accusative
| masculine | den schlauen |
| feminine | die schlaue |
| neuter | das schlaue |
| plural | die schlauen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein schlauer |
| feminine | eine schlaue |
| neuter | ein schlaues |
| plural | schlauen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines schlauen |
| feminine | einer schlauen |
| neuter | eines schlauen |
| plural | schlauen |
Dative
| masculine | einem schlauen |
| feminine | einer schlauen |
| neuter | einem schlauen |
| plural | schlauen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen schlauen |
| feminine | eine schlaue |
| neuter | ein schlaues |
| plural | schlauen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | schlau |
| Comparative | schlauer |
| Superlative | am schlauesten; am schlausten |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like schlau
schlau,
originalgetreu,
papsttreu,
fangfrisch,
regimetreu,
kontaktscheu,
schmerzfrei,
unwirsch,
himmelblau,
ungenau,
medienscheu,
behämmert,
kopfscheu,
nagelneu,
unkeusch,
sinnfrei,
taufrisch,
einwandfrei,
splitterfrei,
kamerascheu, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Middle Low German slû, whence probably also Dutch sluw. Further origin uncertain. Probably from a Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”), which seems to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewǵ- (“to crawl, slide”) (albeit without any known extra-Germanic cognates), if the original sense referred to sneaking and sliding. Related to Dutch sluiken (“to creep, smuggle, act clandestinely”).
2. In spite of the near-identity in meaning and form, English sly is in all likelihood not related. See: Dutch Adjectives '
sluw'.
Verbs referencing "schlau"
Swedish Adjectives
slug, English Adjectives
sly, Dutch Adjectives
sluik.
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