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→Adjective declension: second table
| Die schlau'''en''' Schweine
| Die schlau'''en''' Schweine
| Die schlau'''en''' Schweine
| Die schlau'''en''' Schweine
| Der schlau'''en'''Schweine
| Der schlau'''en''' Schweine'''n'''
| Den schlau'''en''' Schweine'''n'''
| Den schlau'''en''' Schweine
|}
(schwarz = black, gelb = yellow, schlau = clever)
So-called "strong" declension occurs when there is no article, or when the determiner has no gender (as in "some" or "many"). In strong declension, the ending of the adjective takes on the ending of the definite article:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Nominative
! Accusative
! Dative
! Genitive
|-
! Masculine
| schwarz'''er''' Hund
| schwarz'''en''' Hund
| schwarz'''em''' Hund
| schwarz'''en''' Hund'''es'''
|-
! Feminine
| gelb'''e''' Ente
| gelb'''e''' Ente
| gelb'''er''' Ente
| gelb'''er''' Ente
|-
! Neutral
| schlau'''es''' Schwein
| schlau'''es''' Schwein
| schlau'''em''' Schwein
| schlau'''en''' Schwein'''s'''
|-
! Plural
| schlau'''e''' Schweine
| schlau'''e''' Schweine
| schlau'''en''' Schweine'''n'''
| schlau'''er''' Schweine
|}
|}