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title: "Article Words and Adjective Declension — German grammar C1"
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# Article Words and Adjective Declension

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Distinguish definite signals, quantity words, and variable patterns with strong and weak adjective endings.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

## Advanced lesson

This lesson assumes the basic paradigms. The word directly before the adjective is decisive.

**Dieser, jeder, jener, welcher**, together with **alle, beide, sämtliche**, already carry the case signal, so the adjective is weak. In the plural, **viele, wenige, einige, mehrere, etliche** are normally followed by strong adjective endings. By contrast, **irgendwelche** and _was für welche_ follow the definite pattern. Uninflected **viel/wenig** before an uncountable singular noun also leaves the adjective strong.

With two determiners, the second one, directly before the adjective, normally controls the ending. In **viele unserer Kunden**, _viele_ behaves like an adjective. Numerals do not control the ending. In the standard plural, **solche** is definite-like: **solche guten Weine**. With _ein_, **solch/manch** behave like adjectives; **manch guter Rat** is also possible.

| Pattern             | German example                                                                         |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| alle, weak          | **Alle neuen Kolleginnen** nehmen teil.                                                |
| beide, weak         | Wir sprechen mit **beiden erfahrenen Fachleuten**.                                     |
| welcher, weak       | Mit **welchem neuen Verfahren** arbeitet ihr?                                          |
| viele vs. alle      | **Viele neue Kolleginnen** kommen; **alle neuen Kolleginnen** bleiben.                 |
| wenige vs. beide    | Mit **wenigen guten Argumenten**, aber mit **beiden guten Beispielen** überzeugte sie. |
| einige              | Trotz **einiger unerwarteter Probleme** begann die Sitzung.                            |
| mehrere             | Wir prüften **mehrere plausible Lösungen**.                                            |
| irgendwelche        | Sie stellte **irgendwelche unnötigen Fragen**.                                         |
| uncountable         | **viel frisches Wasser**, **wenig kostbare Zeit**                                      |
| two determiners     | **alle unsere neuen Kollegen**, **jeder meiner netten Freunde**                        |
| quantity + genitive | **viele unserer langjährigen Kunden**                                                  |
| solch-/manch-       | **ein solcher guter Wein**, **manch ein guter Rat**, **solche guten Weine**            |

## Exercises

[Start practice](https://cefra.app/en/explore/de/grammar/c1/german-article-words-and-adjective-declension/practice)

1. Sort the words into groups (1 task)
2. Find the mistake (10 tasks)