Asked • 05/31/19

What is the reason for this seemingly inconsistent inflection around masculine genitive?

I found the following sentence in a book: > (...) bemerkte ich (...) eine mir auffällige Übereinstimmung bezüglich des Inhaltes der drei Zeitungsfetzen: sie enthielten nämlich alle drei einen Bericht über die Ermordung eines reichen französischen Kaufmannes in Blidah. I was confused by this; the core seems to be "die Ermordung des Kaufmannes", which is the expected inflection of masculine genitive; but why "reichen französischen" and not "reiches französisches"?

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Gene G. answered • 06/04/19

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