To review the basic rules how to form the comparative and superlative in German read this post :)

Here’s now a list of irregular forms, which you have to learn by heart. Fortunately there aren’t too many ;)

gut - besser - am besten = good - better - best

viel - mehr - am meisten = much - more - most

bald - eher - am ehesten = soon - sooner - soonest

gern - lieber - am liebsten = gladly - more gladly - most gladly

nah - näher - am nächsten = near - nearer - nearest

hoch - höher - am höchsten = high - higher - highest

The 2nd German case “Genitiv” is triggered by the following prepositions:

außerhalb = out of / outside of

innerhalb = inside of / within

statt = instead of

trotz = despite of

während = during

wegen = because of

dank = thanks to

Find a complete list of Genitive prepositions here.

So ein (masculine)….! = What a….!

1.) Idiot

2.) Depp (yes - Johnny Depp translates to Johnny Dork LOL)

3.) Trottel

4.) Hohlkopf (literal: empty head)

5.) Quatschkopf (literal: nonsense head)

6.) Schwachkopf (literal: weak head)

7.) Vollpfosten

8.) Blödmann

9.) Dummkopf

10.) Volltrottel

The 2nd of German’s four cases is called “Genitiv” (genitive). It’s used to show possession, so we can also call it the “case of possession”. In English, it’s usually expressed by “of” or an apostrophe-s (’s).

Nowadays, German speakers use it more in the written than in the spoken form, but it definitely has a certain spoken elegance and shouldn’t be neglected. :)

A helpful question to find out what part of the sentence stands in the genitive case is: “Wessen?” - “Whose?”:

Example: Ich lese Susannes Buch. I read Susanne’s book.

WESSEN Buch liest du? WHOSE book do you read? - Susannes. Susanne’s.

Rules for the genitive case:

a) Add an -s- to names - just like the apostrophe-s in English!

Example: Peters Hund heißt Pluto. Peter’s dog is called Pluto.

b) When there’s an article, adjust it like this:

definite (= the): der -> des (-en) ; die -> der; das -> des; Plural die -> deren

indefinite (= a, an): ein -> eines; eine -> einer; ein -> eines;

Example: Das Haar des Mädchens ist blond. The girl’s hair is blonde.

c) When an adjective stands with the noun adjust it - fortunately almost all of them have an -en ending.

Example: der großen Frau (of the tall woman); einer freundlichen Frau (of a friendly woman)

d) For masculine and neuter nouns, remember the additional noun ending, either -es or -s.

Example: des großen Mannes (of the tall man); eines freundlichen Kindes (of a friendly child)

Note: Some prepositions trigger the Genitive. I’ll post a list of them soon.

1.) die Toilette

2.) das Klo

3.) der Topf (literal: pot)

4.) das (stille) Örtchen (literal: (silent) little place)

5.) der Thron (literal: throne)

6.) der Lokus

7.) die Pipibox (literal: pee box)

8.) das WC

9.) das Scheißhaus (vul.) (literal: shit house)

10.) der Kackstuhl (vul.) (literal: shit chair)

Du bist…. [‘du: ‘bist] = You’re…

1.) schön [‘ʃø:n]

2.) wunderschön

3.) bildschön

4.) hübsch [‘hʏpʃ]

5.) bildhübsch

EDIT: Some of you asked me to explain the pronunciation of these words. As you can see, I’ve already added phonetic transcriptions in the [] brackets for “du bist”, “schön” and “hübsch” to help you understand the pronunciation.

Maybe you have problems with “bild-” and “wunder-“. Here’s how you pronounce those two:

[‘bilt] [‘vundɐ] - now you just have to combinate the phonetic transcriptions. e.g.

wunderschön = [‘vundɐʃø:n] (sounds like “voondashain”)

bildhübsch = [‘bilthʏpʃ] (sounds like “bilthuepsh”) (ü like in the French word rue)

I hope this is a bit clearer now :)

1.) von Zeit zu Zeit = from time to time
2.) kommt Zeit kommt Rat = time will tell
3.) in letzter Zeit = lately
4.) Zeit ist Geld = time is money
5.) die Zeit vergeht wie im Fluge = time flies
6.) mit der Zeit = over the years
7.) Alles zu seiner Zeit! = All in good time!
8.) Ach du liebe Zeit! = Dear me!
9.) eine Frage der Zeit = a matter of time
10.) Die Zeit ist um. = Time is up.

Prepositions of time:

bis = until

nach = after

seit = since; for

um = at

vor = before; ago

während = during

Prepositions of place:

auf = on

aus = out of

bei = at; near

durch = through

hinter = behind

in = in; inside

in der Nähe von = near / close to

neben = next to

vor = in front of

über = over

unter = under; below

zwischen = between