What are the superlatives adjectives?
What are the superlatives adjectives?
A superlative adjective is an adjective used in comparisons to describe something as being of the highest degree or extreme. We use superlative adjectives when making comparisons of three or more people or things. The words biggest and fastest are examples of superlative adjectives.
What are superlative adjectives examples?
Here are some examples of superlative adjectives in action:
- I can’t find my most comfortable jeans.
- The runt of the litter is the smallest.
- Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
- She is the smartest girl in our class.
- This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
- I am the shortest person in my family.
What is a good superlative adjective?
Finally, there are three very common adjectives that have very irregular comparative and superlative forms. They are good > better > best, bad > worse > worst and far > further > furthest: His laptop is better than mine.
What is the superlative of Gern?
Word Formation
| Root | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| gern (gladly) | lieber (preferably) | am liebsten (to like most of all) |
| gut (good) | besser | best-, am besten |
| hoch or hoh– (high) | höher | höchst-, am höchsten |
| nah (near) | näher | nächst-, am nächsten (next, nearest) |
Is Gern a adjective?
Gern(e) and lieber are adverbs that modify the way you do something ⇒ adverbs of manner.
Why is bestest not a word?
Bestest means “the very best,” “the best of the best,” or “better than the best.” It is formed by adding the superlative suffix -est to the word best. This practice is grammatically incorrect, because best is already the superlative of good.
Is worser word?
adjective, adverb Nonstandard. worse.
Are there comparative and superlative forms of German adjectives?
Normally you can build the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives pretty easily. However, there are some German adjectives for which the comparative and superlative form doesn’t exist. Here you have the most important ones
Which is the superlative form of the word gut in German?
Most German superlatives are formed by adding -st to the simple form of the adjective. Gut, hoch, viel and nah have irregular comparative and superlative forms: gut/besser/der beste, hoch/höher/der höchste, viel/mehr/der meiste, nah/näher/der nächste.
When do you use a positive adjective in German?
By contrast, if you want to compare a shared characteristic of two things and you think the two characteristics are equal, there’s no need for a comparative or superlative adjective. You would instead use a positive adjective, or an adjective in its most simple form, and put it in between so (as) and wie (as/like). Ich bin so schnell wie du.
When do you use comparative and superlative forms?
It is often used to compare two objects, people, etc. The superlative form is the form with the highest intensity. Most adjectives have regular forms in comparative and superlative. There are only some exceptions, like in case an adjective has the ending “-el” or “-er”, the “e” in the comparative gets erased.
