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Circle of Kazimiers Alchimowicz (b.1840 - d.1916), ‘Schlafende Nymphen an einer Gedenksaule im Wald (Sleeping Nymphs by a Memorial Column in the Forest)’, oil on canvas mounted on board, no date (1800s), German, for sale for est. 1,800 - 2,000 EUR in '401 Sommerauktion’ at Neumeister Auctions, Munich, Germany.

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marvelous-language:

The comparative forms of German adjectives are actually very similar to English.

There are three forms:
The Positive: klein - small
The Comparative: kleiner - smaller
The Superlative: am kleinsten - the smallest

1. Mein Haus ist so groß wie dein Haus. - My house is as big as your house.
2. Mein Haus ist größer als dein Haus. - My house is bigger as your house.
3. Mein Haus ist das größte. - My house is the biggest.

Positive:

• The adjectives are in their basic form and don’t change. We use the comparison words “so … wie” around the adjective (as … as):

Anna läuft so schnell wie Max. - Anna runs as fast as Max.

• Or we can use “genauso … wie”:
  

Mein Haus ist genauso groß wie dein Haus. - My house is as big as your house.

• Other expressions that can be used for this kind of comparison:

nicht so … wie (not as … as)
~ Mein Haus ist nicht so groß wie dein Haus. - My house is not as big as your house.
fast so … wie (almost as … as)
~ Mein Haus ist fast so groß wie dein Haus. - My house is almost as big as your house.
halb so … wie (half as … as)
~ Mein Haus ist halb so groß wie dein Haus. - My house is half as big as your house.

Comparative:

• The Comparative describes two things that are NOT the same.
  
• Most adjectives form the comparative with the ending -er:

besser- better
schlechter - worse
neuer - newer
kleiner- smaller

• Most often the comparative is followed by “als” + 2nd noun that is getting compared:

Anna ist kleiner als Max. - Anna is smaller as Max.
Mein Haus ist größer als dein Haus. - My house is bigger than your house.

• If the adjective ends in „-el“, the „“e“ is removed when constructing the Comparative form (but not the superlative form):

dunkel - dunkler (dark - darker) 

• ›If the adjective ends in „-er“ and a vowel comes before the „-er“, then the „e“ is removed when constructing the Comparative form:

teuer - teurer (expensive - more expensive)

• One-syllable adjectives often change the vowel to one with an umlaut in both the Comparative and Superlative forms

groß - größer (big - bigger)
klug - klüger (smart - smarter)

In English you often have “more” in front of adjectives in the Comparative form: “more expensive”. In German you never do this! 

Superlative:

• The Superlative is the highest comparison form. ›It describes something that is unsurpassed.
  
• There are two ways to form the Superlative:
• 1. The Superlative is formed with a definite article (der/die/das) before the adjective. The adjective gets the ending -ste:

Ich habe das kleinste Haus - I have the smallest house.

• Or:
  2. The adjective gets the ending -sten and the preposition -am before it.
  

dieses Haus ist am kleinsten. - This house is the smallest.

• Note how the “am” is used when the noun comes before the adjective, while the “das” is used when the noun comes after the adjective! Basically it has something to do with the word order:

Das ist der schnellste Junge. - This is the fastest boy.
Dieser Junge ist am schnellsten. - This boy is the fastest.

When you don’t form sentences, you’ll always use “am”:
schnell - schneller - am schnellsten (quick - quicker - the quickest)
klug - klüger - am klügsten (smart - smarter - the smartest)

• The Superlative of adjectives that end in „d“, „t“ or „s“, „ß“, „x“, „z“ is constructed with „-est“ 

leicht - leichter - am leichtesten (easy - easier - the easiest)

• One-syllable adjectives often change the vowel to one with an umlaut in both the Comparative and Superlative forms (The same adjectives that change the vowel in the Comparative form!):

groß - größer - am größten (big - bigger - the biggest)

Irregular Adjectives:

There are adjectives, that don’t follow the rules above. Here are some of them:

gut - besser - am besten (good - better - the best)
hoch - höher - am höchsten (high - higher - the highest)
viel - mehr - am meisten (many - more - the most)
bald - eher - am ehesten (soon - sooner - the soonest)

Exercises:

1. Build the Comparative and the Superlative forms of the following adjectives:
- klein (small)
- neu (new)
- schön (beautiful)
- voll (full)
- süß (sweet)
- groß (big)
- warm (warm)
- gut (good)
- schlecht (bad)
- hoch (high)
- viel (many)
- bald (soon)

Solutions are under the cut.

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French: Sorcière

Spanish: Bruja

German: Hexe

Finnish : Noita

Romanian: Vrăjitoare

Swedish: Häxa

Danish: Heks

Portuguese: Bruxa

Italian: Strega

Lithuanian: Ragana

Russian: Vedma (ведьма)

Greek: Mágissa (μάγισσα)

Japanese: Majo (魔女)

Armenian: Vhuk (վհուկ)

Polish: Wiedźma

Croatian: vještica

Chinese: Wūpó (巫婆)

Proto-Germanic:Wikkōną

Proto-Indo-European:Wik-néh₂-