Before you start
Meet glatt
Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.
All 9 meanings
- without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)
- slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
- (figurative) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)
- (informal) clear, unequivocal
- (mathematics, of a function) smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
- (mathematics, of an integer) smooth (having bounded prime factors)
Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Endings
How glatt changes
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | e | e | e | en |
| accusative | en | e | e | en |
| dative | en | en | en | en |
Examples
- 1Wir folgen dem glatten Weg.We follow the smooth path.
- 2Sie streichelt die glatte Hand ihres Kindes.She strokes her child’s smooth hand.
- 3Sie kämmt glatte Haare.She combs smooth hair.
- 4Ich sehe glatte Straßen.I see smooth streets.