Adjective: lebendig
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | lebendiger |
| feminine | lebendige |
| neuter | lebendiges |
| plural | lebendige |
Genitive
| masculine | lebendigen |
| feminine | lebendiger |
| neuter | lebendigen |
| plural | lebendiger |
Dative
| masculine | lebendigem |
| feminine | lebendiger |
| neuter | lebendigem |
| plural | lebendigen |
Accusative
| masculine | lebendigen |
| feminine | lebendige |
| neuter | lebendiges |
| plural | lebendige |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der lebendige |
| feminine | die lebendige |
| neuter | das lebendige |
| plural | die lebendigen |
Genitive
| masculine | des lebendigen |
| feminine | der lebendigen |
| neuter | des lebendigen |
| plural | der lebendigen |
Dative
| masculine | dem lebendigen |
| feminine | der lebendigen |
| neuter | dem lebendigen |
| plural | den lebendigen |
Accusative
| masculine | den lebendigen |
| feminine | die lebendige |
| neuter | das lebendige |
| plural | die lebendigen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein lebendiger |
| feminine | eine lebendige |
| neuter | ein lebendiges |
| plural | lebendigen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines lebendigen |
| feminine | einer lebendigen |
| neuter | eines lebendigen |
| plural | lebendigen |
Dative
| masculine | einem lebendigen |
| feminine | einer lebendigen |
| neuter | einem lebendigen |
| plural | lebendigen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen lebendigen |
| feminine | eine lebendige |
| neuter | ein lebendiges |
| plural | lebendigen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | lebendig |
| Comparative | lebendiger |
| Superlative | am lebendigsten |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like lebendig
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
1. From Middle High German lëbendic, from Old High German lëbēntīg. Equivalent to lebend + -ig.
2. The word originally had normal stress on the initial syllable, as is still the case in Dutch levendig, Yiddish לעבעדיק (lebedik), and in some dialectal German forms such as Hunsrik levendich. The shift to the second syllable is first attested in the 16th century; it had established itself as the sole standard by the mid-18th century. While such shifts happened more often in modern German (compare Forelle, Holunder, Wacholder), the case of lebendig is peculiar in that it is a transparent formation rather than a word whose derivation had become obscure. See: Dutch Adjectives '
levendig'.
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