Comparatives and Superlatives
Sometimes, when we go shopping, we need to compare items: more expensive, etc. We started to learn how to compare items in the previous semester. Here is a review:
| Comparative | Superlative | |
| klein =small | kleiner =smaller | kleinst- =smallest |
| groß =big | größer =bigger | größt- =biggest |
| schön =pretty | schöner =prettier | schönst- =prettiest |
| lang =long | länger =longer | längst- =longest |
| alt =old | älter =older | ältest- =oldest |
| kurz =short | kürzer =shorter | kürzest- =shortest |
| gut =good | besser =better | best- =best |
| hoch =high | höher =higher | höchst- =highest |
The most important comparative forms for shopping are:
teurer = more expensive; billiger = cheaper
am teuersten = the most expensive; am billigsten = the cheapest.
You might also want to say:
zu teuer = too expensive; zu billig = too cheap; zu weit = too wide or use it with groß, eng, klein or any other attribute.
