rot: endings, comparison & exercises · 10 Sentences

Before you start

Meet rot

Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.

All 5 meanings

red (colour)
(politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist)
(politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
(possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
(historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Endings

How rot changes

Adjective endings after der/die/das
Case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	e	e	e	en
accusative	en	e	e	en
dative	en	en	en	en

Examples

1
Der rote Kopf tut ihm weh.The red head hurts him.Nominative · subjectPractise „der Kopf“ →
2
Er hilft der roten Partei.He helps the red party.Dative · helfenPractise „die Partei“ →
3
Das rote Auto steht vor dem Haus.The red car is in front of the house.Nominative · subjectPractise „das Auto“ →
4
Ich sehe rote Zahlen.I see red numbers.Accusative · sehenPractise „die Zahl“ →