Jedes

Jedes is a German determiner and pronoun form meaning "each" or "every" when referring to a neuter singular noun, and it also appears as a neuter pronoun meaning "each one." As an attributive determiner it precedes a noun, with inflected forms that depend on gender, case, and number. The neuter nominative and accusative form is jedes, as in jedes Auto (every car) or ich sehe jedes Buch (I see every book).

In gender agreement, other forms of the corresponding determiner exist: jeder for masculine, jedes for neuter, jede for feminine in the nominative and accusative, and different endings in other cases. For example, jeder Tag (masculine nominative), jede Frau (feminine nominative), jedes Kind (neuter nominative). When used as a pronoun, jedes can stand alone to mean “each one” of a previously mentioned neuter noun, as in Jedes hat seine Eigenschaften (Each one has its own characteristics).

Common usages include phrases such as jedes Mal and jedes Mal wieder, meaning “every time” or “each time.” Here Mal is a neuter noun, and jedes modifies it as an adverbial expression. Jedes can also function as a general pronoun in contexts like „Jedes hat einen Wert“ or „Jedes davon“ (each of them), depending on what is being referred to.

The word is of Germanic origin and closely related to similar forms in other Germanic languages. It is widely used in everyday German to express uniformity across items or instances, while the exact form shifts with gender and case in the surrounding noun.