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Adjectives in Pennsylvania Dutch require endings based on the gender of the object they modify.

A very brief discussion of the cases is shown on the Articles page.

• Basic Adjective Endings
• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Interrogative Adjectives
• Possessive Adjectives
• Other Adjectives
• Some Common Adjectives - Opposites
• Colors
• Some Other Common Adjectives
• The Cardinal Numbers

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	M	F	N	P
N/A	-er	-i	-	-e
D	-em	-er	-em	-e

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	M	F	N	P
N/A	daer	die	des	die
Dative	dem	daerre	dem	denne

Note - often adds do (here)

	M	F	N	P
N/A	seller	selli	sell	selli
Dative	sellem (or sem)	sellre	sellem (or sem)	selle

Note - often adds datt (there)

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	M	F	N	P
N/A	weller?	welli?	well?	welli?
Dative	wellem?	wellre?	wellem	welle?

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	my	your	his/its	our	your	their/her
N/A ref M/F/N/P	mei	dei	sei	unser	eier	ihre

	to mine	to yours	to his/its	to ours	to yours	to theirs/hers
D ref M	meim	deim	seim	unserem,unserm	eierem,eierm	ihrem
D ref F	meinre	deinre	seinre	unserer	eierer	ihrer
D ref N	meim	deim	seim	unserem,unserm	eierem,eierm	ihrem
D ref P	meine	deine	seine	unsere	eiere	ihre

Note - the above possive adjectives have endings depending on the object being referenced.

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Note - contrast the N/A with use as a pronoun.

	M	F	N	P
N/A	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee
Dative	kem	kenre	kem	ken

Note - contrast with use as a pronoun.

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blodd	bald
dabbich	clumsy
dunkel	dark
ehrlich	honest
faul	lazy
finschder	dark
frisch	fresh
froh	happy
glitzerich	glittery
gsund	healthy
halwer	half
hatt	hard, difficult
hungerich	hungary
narrisch	crazy
schee	nice, beautiful
schepp	crooked
schleefrich	sleepy
schlabbisch	sloppy
schnell	quick
schtarrick	strong
schwiel	sultry
verhuddelt	confused
weech	soft
weh	hurt, sore
wiescht	ugly
windich	windy
zeidich	ripe
zufridde	satisfied

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