Adjective: lose
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | loser |
| feminine | lose |
| neuter | loses |
| plural | lose |
Genitive
| masculine | losen |
| feminine | loser |
| neuter | losen |
| plural | loser |
Dative
| masculine | losem |
| feminine | loser |
| neuter | losem |
| plural | losen |
Accusative
| masculine | losen |
| feminine | lose |
| neuter | loses |
| plural | lose |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der lose |
| feminine | die lose |
| neuter | das lose |
| plural | die losen |
Genitive
| masculine | des losen |
| feminine | der losen |
| neuter | des losen |
| plural | der losen |
Dative
| masculine | dem losen |
| feminine | der losen |
| neuter | dem losen |
| plural | den losen |
Accusative
| masculine | den losen |
| feminine | die lose |
| neuter | das lose |
| plural | die losen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein loser |
| feminine | eine lose |
| neuter | ein loses |
| plural | losen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines losen |
| feminine | einer losen |
| neuter | eines losen |
| plural | losen |
Dative
| masculine | einem losen |
| feminine | einer losen |
| neuter | einem losen |
| plural | losen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen losen |
| feminine | eine lose |
| neuter | ein loses |
| plural | losen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | lose |
| Comparative | loser |
| Superlative | am losesten |
Sample Sentences
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Die Schraube muss nachgezogen werden; sie ist etwas lose. (The screw needs to be tightened; it is a bit loose.)
Adjectives inflected like lose
sachte,
solide,
behände,
behende,
perfide,
schnöde,
europamüde,
gelinde,
unweise,
kriegsmüde,
lebensmüde,
amtsmüde,
bitterböse,
dufte,
leise,
töfte,
krude,
prüde,
weise,
öde, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old High German lōs. Cognate with English loose. See: English Adjectives '
loose'.
Translations