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Adjektive als Nomen — Adjectives as Nouns

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📺 Instructional Video

An instructional video explaining this grammar topic with practical examples.

🎯 Lesson Objectives

  • Learn how to nominalise adjectives in German.
  • Recognise the gender and article of the resulting nouns.
  • Apply the rule in everyday sentences.

📚 Core Rule

When an adjective is used as a noun it takes a definite article and the gender that belongs to the adjective’s meaning: - Neuter for abstract qualities (e.g., das Gute – the good). - Masculine for male persons or professions (e.g., der Alte – the old man). - Feminine for female persons or professions (e.g., die Kleine – the little girl).

Case Example Translation
Neuter das Gute (the good) "good" used as a noun, neuter
Masculine der Alte (the old man) "old" used as a noun, masculine
Feminine die Kleine (the little girl) "little" used as a noun, feminine

Examples

  • das Schöne – "the beautiful thing"
  • der Deutsche – "the German (person)"
  • die Kleine – "the little one (female)"



📝 Interactive Exercises

✏️ Fill in the blank with the correct word: Write only one word in each field.

# Task Answer
1 Convert the adjective gut into a noun with an appropriate article.
2 Convert the adjective klein into a noun with an appropriate article.
3 Convert the adjective deutsch into a noun with an appropriate article.