Use of the adjectives

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Adjectives can be used in the following ways:

used as	Examples
attribute to a noun	Das Hotel hat sehr nettes Personal.
attribute to a noun	Er traf eine wichtige Entscheidung.

An adjective that functions as an attribute to a noun, precedes the noun and is inflected.

used as	Examples
attribute to an adjective	Wir aßen eine frisch gebackene Pizza.
attribute to an adjective	Das ist eine typisch deutsche Spezialität.
attribute to an adverb	Er sitzt weit oben.
attribute to an adverb	Das Haus liegt tief unten.

An adjective that functions as an attribute to an adjective or to an adverb, precedes the adjective or adverb it characterizes and is not inflected.

used as	Examples
predicative expression	Die Lehrerin ist streng.
predicative expression	Er fand die Idee sehr originell.

An adjective that functions as a predicative expression to a noun is not inflected and is connected to the noun it governs with verbs like sein, werden, bleiben, wirken, finden etc.

In this case, the adjective may refer to the subject (die Lehrerin ist streng) or to the object (er fand die Idee sehr originell).

used as	Examples
adverbial	Der Sportler läuft schnell.
adverbial	Melanie singt schön.

An adjective that functions as an adverbial is not inflected and characterizes an event, a state, an action etc. which is expressed by the verb.