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The 50 most common adjectives test

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Topic test

10 questions, easy to hard

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Which word is the opposite of jung?

alt. For people the pair is jung ↔ alt (young ↔ old). neu is the end of the pair for things: neu ↔ alt (new ↔ old).

“The bag is very light.” Which one?

The opposite of heavy is leicht; einfach means “easy, simple”. An adjective after the verb takes no ending, so leichte is wrong too.

Which adjective means both “heavy” and “hard”?

schwer: Die Tasche ist schwer (heavy) · Die Prüfung ist schwer (hard). schwierig only means “difficult”, stark means “strong”.

You are bored. Which one?

Mir ist langweilig. Ich bin langweilig means “I’m a boring person”. The person who is bored stands in the Dativ: mir, not the Akkusativ mich.

“I have a new car.” Which one?

The adjective stands before the noun, so it takes an ending: ein neues Auto. In German, too, the adjective doesn’t move behind the noun.

Die Wohnung ist große. — the adjective is used correctly in this sentence.

False. An adjective after the verb takes no ending: Die Wohnung ist groß. The ending comes only before a noun: eine große Wohnung.

Build the sentence: The kitchen is small but clean.

Tap the pieces to build the sentence

Both adjectives come after the verb, both without an ending: Die Küche ist klein, aber sauber.

Mein Bruder ist jünger ich.

My brother is younger than me.

als. The adjective has an ending (jünger), so it is “than”: als. wie is only for equality, so jung wie.

Which is the comparative of teuer?

teurer. An adjective ending in -er drops the middle e when it gets an ending. “mehr + adjective” doesn’t exist in German.

Er ist so groß wie ich. — this sentence means “He is as tall as me.”

True. For equality there is no ending: so + adjective + wie = “as … as”. For “taller than me” you would say Er ist größer als ich.
Quick rules

The rules in three lines

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  1. No ending after the verb

    An adjective after the verb never changes, just like in English.

    Das Auto ist neu.

  2. An ending before a noun

    Once the adjective sits in front of a noun, it takes an ending. That is the only part to memorise.

    ein neues Auto · eine große Wohnung

  3. “than” = als, “as … as” = so … wie

    When you compare, the adjective takes -er and als follows. For equality there is no ending.

    Er ist größer als ich. · Er ist so groß wie ich.

  4. Pick the opposite by context

    alt: for things neu, for people jung. schwer: for weight leicht, for difficulty einfach.

    Der Koffer ist schwer, die Tasche ist leicht.

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Mein Auto ist mehr schnell.

    Mein Auto ist schneller.

    German has no word for “more” with adjectives, only the -er ending.

  • Er ist größer wie ich.

    Er ist größer als ich.

    An adjective with an ending is followed by als.

  • Ich bin langweilig. (when you mean “I’m bored”)

    Mir ist langweilig.

    With a subject, it means “I’m a boring person”.

  • Die Tasche ist einfach. (when you mean “light”)

    Die Tasche ist leicht.

    The opposite of heavy is only leicht.