tough
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).
tough (comparative tougher, superlative toughest)
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tough (plural toughs)
tough (third-person singular simple present toughs, present participle toughing, simple past and past participle toughed)
tough (strong nominative masculine singular tougher, comparative tougher, superlative am toughsten or am toughesten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist tough | sie ist tough | es ist tough | sie sind tough | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | tougher | toughe | toughes | toughe |
genitive | toughen | tougher | toughen | tougher | |
dative | toughem | tougher | toughem | toughen | |
accusative | toughen | toughe | toughes | toughe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der toughe | die toughe | das toughe | die toughen |
genitive | des toughen | der toughen | des toughen | der toughen | |
dative | dem toughen | der toughen | dem toughen | den toughen | |
accusative | den toughen | die toughe | das toughe | die toughen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein tougher | eine toughe | ein toughes | (keine) toughen |
genitive | eines toughen | einer toughen | eines toughen | (keiner) toughen | |
dative | einem toughen | einer toughen | einem toughen | (keinen) toughen | |
accusative | einen toughen | eine toughe | ein toughes | (keine) toughen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist tougher | sie ist tougher | es ist tougher | sie sind tougher | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | tougherer | toughere | tougheres | toughere |
genitive | tougheren | tougherer | tougheren | tougherer | |
dative | tougherem | tougherer | tougherem | tougheren | |
accusative | tougheren | toughere | tougheres | toughere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der toughere | die toughere | das toughere | die tougheren |
genitive | des tougheren | der tougheren | des tougheren | der tougheren | |
dative | dem tougheren | der tougheren | dem tougheren | den tougheren | |
accusative | den tougheren | die toughere | das toughere | die tougheren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein tougherer | eine toughere | ein tougheres | (keine) tougheren |
genitive | eines tougheren | einer tougheren | eines tougheren | (keiner) tougheren | |
dative | einem tougheren | einer tougheren | einem tougheren | (keinen) tougheren | |
accusative | einen tougheren | eine toughere | ein tougheres | (keine) tougheren |
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