"What is bigger than the tallest mountain?"
Translation:Was ist größer als der höchste Berg?
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Technically mountains are 'high' measured from sea level or 'tall' measured from their surroundings but most people use 'high' in both cases I think.
Wow, thanks for the information! Never heard about that. I thought "tall" was used for people only.
Yes, it's fine. And actually "tall" is used just as often as "high" when describing mountains. They're perfectly interchangeable.
I think only verbs have infinitive forms. Do you mean the uninflected nominative form? And I think als doesn't change anything, so you are right...it is Der Berg
It is "der höchste Berg."
the adjective "hoch" is not regular in the comparative.
- hoch
- höher
- am höchsten
and it is also unregulare in this dircetion:
- ein hoher Baum. der hohe Baum. Der Baum ist hoch.
- eine hohe Tanne. die hohe Tanne. Die Tanne ist hoch.
- ein hohes Gebäude. das hohe Gebäude. Das Gebäude ist hoch.
I think in Switzerland they don't use the ß any more, but not Germany or Austria.
