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Nouns and cases

das Attribut

In English: attribute (noun modifier)

A word or group that gives more information about a noun and belongs to it: an adjective, a genitive, a prepositional group or a relative clause. It is part of the noun group, not a sentence element of its own.

Example: das kleine Haus am See (the little house by the lake)

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See also

das Genitivattribut die Apposition das Adjektiv

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