German Adjective Endings (Nominative, Accusative, and Dative)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Der (schön) __________ Garten ist voller Blumen.

• schöne

• schöner

• schönes

• schönen

Answer explanation

nominative case, after a definite article, adjectives take -e ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Ein (klein) __________ Hund läuft im Park.

• kleine

• kleiner

• kleines

• kleinen

Answer explanation

nominative case, masculine noun after an indefinite article, adjectives take -er ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Mein (jung) __________ Bruder studiert Biologie.

• junge

• junger

• junges

• jungen

Answer explanation

nominative case, masculine noun after an ein word, adjectives take -er ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Ich trinke (kalt) ____  Wasser.

• kalte

• kaltes

• kalter

• kalten

Answer explanation

accusative case, neutral noun with no article, adjectives take -es ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Ich sehe die (klein) __________ Katze.

• kleiner

• kleines

• kleine

• kleinen

Answer explanation

accusative case, feminine word after a definite article, takes -e ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Sie liebt (süß) __________ Schokolade.

• süßer

• süßes

• süße

• süßen

Answer explanation

accusative case, feminine word without an article, takes -e ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Die Wohnung hat eine (schön) ____ Küche.

• schöner

• schöne

• schönes

• schönen

Answer explanation

accusative case, feminine word after an indefinite article, takes -e ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Wir geben dem (alt) __________ Mann ein Geschenk.

• alten

• alter

• altes

• alte

Answer explanation

dative case, masculine word after a definite article, takes -en ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Thomas kann auf seiner (neu) ____ Matratze (f. -mattress) nicht schlafen.

• neuen

• neuer

• neues

• neue

Answer explanation

dative case, feminine noun after an ein word, takes -en ending

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective:

Das (neu) __________ Auto ist sehr schnell.

• neuer

• neues

• neue

• neuen

Answer explanation

nominative case, after a definite article, adjectives take -e ending