elegant
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Late Middle English elegaunt, from Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin ēlegāns.
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elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)
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elegant (plural elegants)
elegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural elegants)
elegant
Inflection of elegant | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Definite attributive1 | elegante | elegantere | eleganteste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)
Declension of elegant | ||||
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uninflected | elegant | |||
inflected | elegante | |||
comparative | eleganter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | elegant | eleganter | het elegantst het elegantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | elegante | elegantere | elegantste |
n. sing. | elegant | eleganter | elegantste | |
plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
definite | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
partitive | elegants | eleganters | — |
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
elegant (strong nominative masculine singular eleganter, comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist elegant | sie ist elegant | es ist elegant | sie sind elegant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eleganter | elegante | elegantes | elegante |
genitive | eleganten | eleganter | eleganten | eleganter | |
dative | elegantem | eleganter | elegantem | eleganten | |
accusative | eleganten | elegante | elegantes | elegante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elegante | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten |
genitive | des eleganten | der eleganten | des eleganten | der eleganten | |
dative | dem eleganten | der eleganten | dem eleganten | den eleganten | |
accusative | den eleganten | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eleganter | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
genitive | eines eleganten | einer eleganten | eines eleganten | (keiner) eleganten | |
dative | einem eleganten | einer eleganten | einem eleganten | (keinen) eleganten | |
accusative | einen eleganten | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
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elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
elegant m pers (female equivalent elegantka, diminutive elegancik)
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elegant m or n (feminine singular elegantă, masculine plural eleganți, feminine and neuter plural elegante)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | elegant | elegantă | eleganți | elegante | ||
definite | elegantul | eleganta | eleganții | elegantele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | elegant | elegante | eleganți | elegante | ||
definite | elegantului | elegantei | eleganților | elegantelor |
elegant (comparative elegantare, superlative elegantast)
Inflection of elegant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | elegant | elegantare | elegantast |
Neuter singular | elegantt | elegantare | elegantast |
Plural | eleganta | elegantare | elegantast |
Masculine plural3 | elegante | elegantare | elegantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | elegante | elegantare | elegantaste |
All | eleganta | elegantare | elegantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
elegant c
Often a bit tongue-in-cheek.
Declension of elegant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | elegant | eleganten | eleganter | eleganterna |
Genitive | elegants | elegantens | eleganters | eleganternas |