In German, there are some nouns with adjectival inflection (especially nominalised adjectives). These nouns distinguish strong, weak and mixed inflection, depending on the preceding determiner (cf. adjective inflections).
| Attribute | Value | Ge. example | Ge. tag |
| Inflection | strong | (nichts) Gutes | NN:Neut.Nom.Sg.St |
| weak | (der) Beamte | NN:Masc.Nom.Sg.Sw | |
| mixed | (ein) Beamter | NN:Masc.Nom.Sg.Mix | |