Adjective: fair
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | fairer |
| feminine | faire |
| neuter | faires |
| plural | faire |
Genitive
| masculine | fairen |
| feminine | fairer |
| neuter | fairen |
| plural | fairer |
Dative
| masculine | fairem |
| feminine | fairer |
| neuter | fairem |
| plural | fairen |
Accusative
| masculine | fairen |
| feminine | faire |
| neuter | faires |
| plural | faire |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der faire |
| feminine | die faire |
| neuter | das faire |
| plural | die fairen |
Genitive
| masculine | des fairen |
| feminine | der fairen |
| neuter | des fairen |
| plural | der fairen |
Dative
| masculine | dem fairen |
| feminine | der fairen |
| neuter | dem fairen |
| plural | den fairen |
Accusative
| masculine | den fairen |
| feminine | die faire |
| neuter | das faire |
| plural | die fairen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein fairer |
| feminine | eine faire |
| neuter | ein faires |
| plural | fairen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines fairen |
| feminine | einer fairen |
| neuter | eines fairen |
| plural | fairen |
Dative
| masculine | einem fairen |
| feminine | einer fairen |
| neuter | einem fairen |
| plural | fairen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen fairen |
| feminine | eine faire |
| neuter | ein faires |
| plural | fairen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | fair |
| Comparative | fairer |
| Superlative | am fairsten |
Sample Sentences
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ein faires Spiel (an honest game, a fairly played game)
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Unsere einzige Möglichkeit, fair zu sein, besteht darin, alle gleich schlecht zu behandeln. (The only way we can be fair is by treating everybody equally badly.)
Adjectives inflected like fair
bildungsfern,
szenig,
breitschulterig,
altsächsisch,
nutzerfreundlich,
psychoanalytisch,
unrettbar,
unverträglich,
unzerreißbar,
würzig,
würdig,
wütend,
kringelig,
sexbesessen,
sexual,
seelig,
seimig,
seidig,
seifig,
sehnig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from English fair in the 19th century, from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Middle High German vager (“splendid, wonderful”). See: English Adjectives '
fair'.
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