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Nouns and cases

der Komparativ

In English: comparative

The form of the adjective used to compare two things. German always adds -er, often with an umlaut, and never uses a word like more. The second part of the comparison follows als.

Example: Mein Bruder ist älter als ich. (My brother is older than I am.)

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der Superlativ das Adjektiv der Umlaut

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