Wann fahrt der letzte Bus

RexV

RexV

I have just seen this sentence. I was wondering why it is written with “letzte” and not letzter”, as I understand that “letzter matches masculine words and “letzte” matches feminine words.
 
sfpugh

sfpugh

It is der  that makes the difference, adjectives have weak endings when the definite article is present.
See German with Jenny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icbwSsTmPGE&t=477s

 

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