Adjective reference

неме́цкий

German

Velar spelling rule ยท RelationalGeographic

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.

Long-form paradigm for немецкий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative неме́цкий неме́цкая неме́цкое неме́цкие
Genitive неме́цкого неме́цкой неме́цкого неме́цких
Dative неме́цкому неме́цкой неме́цкому неме́цким
Accusativeinanimate неме́цкий неме́цкую неме́цкое неме́цкие
Accusativeanimate неме́цкого неме́цкую неме́цкое неме́цких
Instrumental неме́цким неме́цкойAlso accepted: немецкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. неме́цким неме́цкими
Prepositional неме́цком неме́цкой неме́цком неме́цких

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

немецкийнемецкаянемецкогонемецкие

velar

Predicate use

Long and short choices

Attributive long
Allowed
Predicate long nominative
Allowed
Predicate long instrumental
Allowed
Predicate short
NotNormallyUsed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • -к-/-ск- spelling is lexical; nominative masculine uses -ий.
  • Nationality/language adjective is normally lowercase.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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