Talk:mehrere
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Kolmiel in topic German declension
German declension[edit]
Is is said that it is "meh|re|res 〈Indefinitpron.; Sg. von „mehrere“〉" in "Universal-Lexikon. 2012.". So it should be similar to beide:
| Case | Singular (neuter, only substantivally) |
Plural ("strong forms") |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mehreres | mehrere |
| Genitive | mehreres/-en | mehrerer |
| Dative | mehrerem | mehreren |
| Accusative | mehreres | mehrere |
-eXplodit (talk) 01:40, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
If we can get the same declension chart for etliche, that would be great. Aperiarcam (talk) 01:55, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Maybe [canoo.net/inflection/etliche?lookup=caseSensitive] & [canoo.net/services/OnlineGrammar/InflectionRules/FRegeln-P/Pron-Indef/Pron-einige3.html] are correct (though that might only be the forms which are nowadays common). -eXplodit (talk) 03:28, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Yes. I think it is like beide, but we should use the table we have there. And this means two things: (1.) The neuter singular has no genitive. (2.) Weak plural forms must also be given. I can say, for example: meine mehreren Anrufe ("my several calls"). This may not be perfectly acceptable to all language users, but it does occur. With etliche this is standard ("meine etlichen Anrufe" is 100% grammatical). Kolmiel (talk) 14:07, 9 April 2016 (UTC)