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No. 13,668 in Russian

немецкий

German.

In a sentence

  • Я изучаю немецкий язык.

    I study German language.

    Here, 'немецкий' is used as an adjective in conjunction with 'язык' (language) to specify the particular language being studied.

  • Это немецкий турист.

    This is a German tourist.

    In this sentence, 'немецкий' is an adjective describing 'турист' (tourist) to indicate the tourist's nationality.

  • Он говорит на немецком.

    He speaks in German.

    Here 'немецком' is the prepositional case form of the adjective 'немецкий', used after the preposition 'на' (on/in) to refer to the language of communication.

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