German Adjective Endings Practice
Type the missing ending for each phrase and check it instantly. The questions run through all three declensions — schwach, gemischt and stark — across every case and gender. No signup required.
eines klein___ Kind
neutrum · indefinite · genitiv
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Build my study planWhy an ending you knew still comes out wrong
Almost nobody gets adjective endings wrong because they never learned them. They get them wrong because the ending depends on something they decided two words earlier — whether the article already said the gender — and by the time they reach the adjective they are no longer thinking about it.
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Ask what came before the adjective
A definite article, an indefinite one, or nothing at all. That single answer picks the declension for you: schwach, gemischt or stark.
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Ask whether it already showed the gender
"der" says masculine; "ein" could be masculine or neuter. If the article said it, the adjective takes the quiet ending. If it did not, the adjective has to.
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Only then choose the ending
Case and gender narrow it to one cell. Doing this in the other order — reaching for a remembered ending first — is what produces the confident wrong answer.
Where to look the endings up
All three declensions, every case and gender, plus a chart that puts them side by side: schwach, gemischt and stark in full.