Degrees of comparison

Adjectives can form different types of comparison to compare two or more nouns and express various degrees of a characteristic or a property.

	degree	Examples
positive	same degree	so schnell wie
comparative	higher degree	schneller als
superlative	highest degree	der schnellste, am schnellsten

The absolute superlative expresses a property of a very high degree, which cannot be compared.

absolute superlative

very high degree

schnellste