classifying adjective

/ˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ ˈædʒɪktɪv/
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Translation of classifying adjective into German

Noun

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adjective that categorizes its noun
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klassifizierendes Adjektiv Kategorisierungsadjektiv Klassifikationsadjektiv
  • In 'a digital camera', 'digital' is a classifying adjective.In 'eine Digitalkamera' ist 'digital' ein klassifizierendes Adjektiv.
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Synonyms and analogies of classifying adjective in English

n.descriptive adjectiveMore synonyms

Examples of classifying adjective in a sentence

  • 'Electric' in 'electric car' is a classifying adjective.

classifying adjective: Examples and translations in context

The field of classic ethnology is - as described by its adjective - sometimes classifying, as if its aim were to compile an atlas of peoples, ordered according to their quality criteria.

Die klassische Ethnologie hat - das sagt schon das Beiwort - etwas Klassifizierendes, als wolle man einen nach Qualitätskriterien geordneten Völkeratlas zusammenstellen.

They assigned a syntactic category to every word, classifying it, for example, as a noun, verb or adjective.

Jedem Wort wiesen sie eine syntaktische Kategorie zu, klassifizierten sie also etwa als Nomen, Verben oder Adjektive.

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