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All adjectives that end in -en do not decline at all (i.e. never receive an end -e) and are therefore an exception to the general rule.
Most of these are adjectives describing materials. For example:
Some other adjectives that naturally end in -en behave in the same way:
Some past participles of verbs naturally ending in -en also behave in the same way (i.e. they do not receive an end -e):
'NEW' ADJECTIVES On the whole, when new adjectives are added to the language, or when adjectives are 'borrowed' from other languages, they are declined like all other adjectives. There are some, however, whose adaptation to the Dutch grammar system is not so simple. The adjective plastic for instance, does not decline:
Some recently imported English words like cool can be declined, but language users tend to avoid having to do so. So, even though a sentence like Dat is een coole tas can be heard, it is preferrable to say Die tas is cool. Back to adjectival declension.
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