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Adjectives Used as Nouns
Nominalisierte Adjektive
An adjective can be capitalised and used as a noun, and it goes on taking adjective endings: der Alte, ein Alter, etwas Neues.
Sentences that use it(18 of 18)
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central to this sentence B2
Die einen, wie Gesundheitsminister Carsten Linnemann (CDU), gehen joggen, die anderen, wie Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD), fahren eine Runde mit dem Rennrad.
Some, like Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU), go jogging, while others, like Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD), go for a ride on their racing bikes.
'Anderen' is the declined adjective 'ander-' used as a noun after the definite article, with the weak plural ending -en.
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Die Zahl der freiwilligen Ausreisen von Migranten und abgelehnten Asylsuchenden ist einem Medienbericht zufolge gestiegen.
According to a media report, the number of voluntary departures by migrants and rejected asylum seekers has risen.
The participle suchend with Asyl is nominalised and keeps adjectival declension: die Asylsuchenden.
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Wir haben auf der einen Seite die nüchternen Fahrenden untertags, die kommen mit klassischen Verletzungen wie beim Fahrradfahren.
On the one hand we have the sober riders during the day, who come in with classic injuries like you get from cycling.
'Fahrenden' is a nominalised participle/adjective meaning 'the riders', declined with adjective endings.
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Laut Polizei war der 40-Jährige mit seinem Kind auf dem Weg zum Kindergarten.
According to the police, the 40-year-old was on his way to the nursery school with his child.
The numeral-plus-adjective is nominalized and takes the weak adjective ending after the definite article.
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Sie will mehr Personal an Schulen und Kitas, kurze Wege zum Facharzt auch im ländlichen Raum und Unternehmen in der Hand der Beschäftigten.
She wants more staff in schools and daycare centres, short distances to specialists even in rural areas, and companies in the hands of their employees.
The participle 'beschäftigt' is substantivised and declined like an adjective.
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Wir wollen Arbeitsplätze sichern, neue schaffen und wir wollen unsere sozialen Sicherungssysteme auf Vordermann bringen.
We want to secure jobs, create new ones, and we want to bring our social security systems up to scratch.
'neue' stands alone for 'neue Arbeitsplätze', an elliptical nominalised use of the adjective.
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Die Verfassung kenne keine Volksgemeinschaft gleichen Blutes und keine staatsbürgerschaftlichen Privilegien für die sogenannten "Biodeutschen".
The constitution knows no national community of the same blood and no citizenship privileges for the so-called 'Biodeutsche'.
A nominalised adjective referring to people, declined like an adjective after the definite article.
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Das "deutsche Volk" im Sinne der Verfassung, "das sind auch Deutsche, die hinzugekommen sind“, sagte der Bundespräsident zur Eröffnung einer Podiumsdiskussion.
"The German people" in the sense of the constitution "also includes Germans who have come to join it", said the Federal President at the opening of a panel discussion.
The adjective 'deutsch' is nominalized to mean 'Germans' and keeps adjective endings.
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Neben dem Aktionsplan sieht das Programm unter anderem Änderungen im Bauplanungsrecht und den Schutz von Beschäftigten gegen die extremen Temperaturen vor. Metz nahm auch die CDU- und CSU-Minister in die Pflicht: "Umweltminister Schneider hat mehr Hitzeschutz angekündigt - das muss jetzt konkret werden und darf nicht beim nächsten Lippenbekenntnis bleiben", sagte sie.
Alongside the action plan, the programme provides, among other things, for changes to building-planning law and for the protection of workers against extreme temperatures. Metz also called the CDU and CSU ministers to account: \"Environment Minister Schneider has announced more heat protection – this must now become concrete and must not remain the next empty promise,\" she said.
'Beschäftigte' is a nominalised adjective; it declines like an adjective even though it functions as a noun.
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Die meisten seien bei Freunden oder Verwandten untergekommen.
Most of them are said to have found shelter with friends or relatives.
'die meisten' and 'Verwandten' are adjectives used as nouns, capitalised and declined like adjectives.
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Ein Einblick, wie Forschende dort arbeiten. Von Boris Geiger, BR Es schwirrt und surrt am Himmel über dem Nationalen Erprobungszentrum für Unbemannte Luftfahrtsysteme des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).
A glimpse of how researchers work there. By Boris Geiger, BR. There is a whirring and buzzing in the sky above the National Test Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
The present participle of 'forschen' is nominalised and declined like an adjective.
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Die Brandmauer zur AfD sei gescheitert, sagen Parteigründerin Sahra Wagenknecht und die beiden Parteichefs Amira Mohamed Ali und Fabio De Masi. Auch wenn die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt als gesichert rechtsextremistisch eingestuft ist und das BSW sich auf der anderen Seite des politischen Spektrums von der Linken abtrennte, sagt Politikwissenschaftler Höhne: "Es gibt tatsächlich viele Schnittmengen zwischen beiden Parteien.
The firewall against the AfD has failed, say party founder Sahra Wagenknecht and the two party leaders Amira Mohamed Ali and Fabio De Masi. Even though the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is classified as securely right-wing extremist and the BSW split off from the Left on the other side of the political spectrum, says political scientist Höhne: "There really are many overlaps between the two parties."
The adjective links is nominalized to mean the party Die Linke.
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Politische Brandherde müssen andere austreten.
Political hotspots must put others out.
'Andere' is a substantivised adjective used as a pronoun-like noun and declined accordingly.
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In fast 10.500 der bislang in diesem Jahr erfassten hitzebedingten Todesfälle gehörten die Verstorbenen dieser Altersgruppe an.
Of the almost 10,500 heat-related deaths recorded so far this year, the deceased belonged to this age group.
The participle 'verstorben' is substantivized and declined like an adjective.
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Das zeigt eine Untersuchung des Robert Koch-Instituts, die im "Journal of Health Monitoring" veröffentlicht wurde. Internationale Schlafempfehlungen definieren bei Erwachsenen eine Schlafdauer von weniger als sieben Stunden als zu kurz.
A study by the Robert Koch Institute, which was published in the 'Journal of Health Monitoring', shows this. International sleep recommendations define a sleep duration of less than seven hours in adults as too short.
The substantivised adjective 'der Erwachsene' is declined like an adjective, giving the weak dative plural -n.
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Sieben Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner, Überlebende des Holocausts, wurden getötet.
Seven residents, survivors of the Holocaust, were killed.
The past participle of 'überleben' is used as a capitalised noun declined like an adjective.
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Wie sich später herausstellt, melden auch Angehörige anderer Pflegebedürftiger, dass Wertsachen fehlen.
As it later turns out, relatives of other people in need of care also report that valuables are missing.
Both nouns are nominalized adjectives declined with adjective endings.
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Die 86-Jährige erinnert sich genau an den Moment, als sie vor zwei Jahren im Schlafzimmer auf einen fast leeren Schmuckkoffer blickt.
The 86-year-old remembers exactly the moment when, two years ago, she looked at an almost empty jewellery case in the bedroom.
The adjective 'jährig' is nominalised to mean 'the 86-year-old woman' and takes adjective endings.
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