Opinions
Ich bin schöner als du!
In German, you won’t ever hear phrases like more beautiful or more expensive when comparing! You always use the ‑er ending.
| schön beautiful | schöner more beautiful |
Often, if an adjective has only one syllable, it gets an umlaut added to it. And if the adjective ends in ‑er, ‑el, or ‑en, drop the e before you add ‑er!
| lang long | länger longer |
| teuer expensive | teurer more expensive |
More irregular or irregularer?
Here are some comparison forms you’ll need to memorize, since they don’t fit into any of the patterns we just looked at!
| gut good | besser better |
| hoch high | höher higher |
The bigger one!
You can use comparison words as adjectives!
Deine Katze ist die große Katze.
Your cat is the big cat.
Meine Katze ist die größere Katze.
My cat is the bigger cat.
Your cat is the big cat.
Meine Katze ist die größere Katze.
My cat is the bigger cat.