deklinieren
decline
Die Form eines Nomens oder Adjektivs ändern, damit es zum Fall, zur Zahl oder zum Geschlecht passt.
The German word "deklinieren" is a verb that means "to decline" in the grammatical sense—that is, to inflect nouns, pronouns, adjectives according to case, number, and gender.
It derives from the Latin declinare ("to bend, turn away"). It isn’t composed of separate German words but shares root with "Klin" similar to "incline".
Similar words:
- Flexen (to inflect, conjugate, mostly for verbs)
- Konjugieren (to conjugate verbs)
- Beugen (to bend, also used for grammatical inflection)
Difference:
"deklinieren" specifically refers to noun/pronoun/adjective inflection, whereas "konjugieren" concerns verbs. "Beugen" is a more general term that can mean both physical bending and grammatical inflection but is less formal than "deklinieren".
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