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| rocyang Diglot Newbie China Joined 6222 days ago 9 posts - 10 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: German, Spanish | Message 1 of 3 13 April 2014 at 10:17am | IP Logged |
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For those of you who speak German, I have a very simple question:
The German word for relative "Verwandte", is its plural Verwandte or Verwandten? I found both versions from different dictionaries, so a bit confused here. Thanks! Roc 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 2 of 3 13 April 2014 at 10:29am | IP Logged |
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A relative is "der Verwandte", "ein Verwandter". If you have several of them, they are "die Verwandten". It is an adjective ("verwandt") used as a noun, like
krank --> der Kranke, die Kranken arm --> der Arme, die Armen 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4845 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3 of 3 13 April 2014 at 11:52am | IP Logged |
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Yeah, but one should note that, because it's an adjective, the plural without article is "Verwandte":
"Ich habe viele Verwandte." vs. "Das sind meine Verwandten." So, the noun behaves like an adjective regarding strong and weak declension. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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