trocken: endings, comparison & exercises · 10 Sentences

Before you start

Meet trocken

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

All 5 meanings

dry (not wet; lacking water)
(wine) dry (not sweet)
(person) dry (abstinent after having had an alcohol problem)
(joke) dry (subtly humorous, and often mildly rude)
dry (dull, boring)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Endings

How trocken 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
Ich betrete den trockenen Boden.I step onto the dry ground.Accusative · betretenPractise „der Boden“ →
2
Die trockene Straße ist gesperrt.The dry street is closed.Nominative · subjectPractise „die Straße“ →
3
Wir brauchen ein trockenes Haus.We need a dry house.Accusative · brauchenPractise „das Haus“ →
4
Aus trockenen Jahren lernen wir viel.We learn a lot from dry years.Dative · ausPractise „das Jahr“ →