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Yes, they can be. Indeed in my old paper dictionary, "clothes" comes before "a long women's outer garment" in the list of definitions for "dress." Whether DL agrees is another issue.
Just to clarify--rote is for when there are many red things? Rote Vogeln, etc?
1524
Strong declension is used when there is no preceding article. In this case as there is no preceding article (a, an, the) in this sentence - She has red clothing , you have to use the strong inflection. In the plural or feminine nominative / accusative, that means that you have to add an -e to rot. So the final translation becomes : Sie hat rote Kleidung
Please see the following link for more clarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Strong_inflection.5B6.5D.5B7.5D
Hope that helps.
In a previous lesson, "clothing" was not accepted as a translation for "Kleidung." Only "clothes" was accepted. Why the difference?
Well, Kleidung is singular, but it is a feminine noun, so "rot" has to get an e in order to agree in gender with Kleidung.
- 1524
Strong declension is used when there is no preceding article. In this case as there is no preceding article (a, an, the) in this sentence - She has red clothing , you have to use the strong inflection. In the plural or feminine nominative / accusative, that means that you have to add an -e to rot. So the final translation becomes : Sie hat rote Kleidung
Please see the following link for more clarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Strong_inflection.5B6.5D.5B7.5D
Hope that helps.
Thanks. I didn't realise adjectives were also affected by gender, position in the sentence and whether a definite or indefinite article is used. Mind-blowing!
In portuguese is was like that too. But is only affected by gender, O vestido vermelho. A fruta vermelha. The red dress and the red fruit.
Adjectives always get at least an e. The possible choices are only 5 actually, -e -ed -er -em -en. Just add the e, mumble the rest a little and you will always be correct!
The "rote" in this sentence sounds a lot like it has a G in front of it in the audio: "grote"
