"Der zweite Mann"

Translation: The second man

[Nel91]

Why not "der zweiter Mann"? Isn't the nominative masculine "-er"?

[GregTrotter]

You're right that it is nominative masculine, but the reason it doesn't end in -er is because the adjective follows the definite article Der. In nominative case, adjectives following a definite article end in -e except for plurals, which is -en.

[yaliyev]

So is it correct to write "Die zweiten Eltern" or "Die Dritten Kinder" or finally "Die ersten Männer"?

[Nel91]

Thanks! And yes I think those are correct yaqo.

[rajatk]

If we were to write "Zweiter Mann", that would be correct. Right?