diff --git a/apis/csn.d.ts b/apis/csn.d.ts
index 9449bfd0..fc941924 100644
--- a/apis/csn.d.ts
+++ b/apis/csn.d.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ export interface context extends any_ { }
 export interface service extends any_ { }
 
 export interface type extends any_ {
-  type?: FQN
+  type?: 'cds.Boolean' |
+         'cds.UUID' | 'cds.String' | 'cds.LargeString' | 'cds.Binary' | 'cds.LargeBinary' | 'cds.Vector' |
+         'cds.Integer' | 'cds.UInt8' | 'cds.Int16' | 'cds.Int32' | 'cds.Int64' | 'cds.Float' | 'cds.Double' | 'cds.Decimal' |
+         'cds.Date' | 'cds.Time' | 'cds.DateTime' | 'cds.Timestamp' |
+         'cds.Association' | 'cds.Composition' |
+         FQN & Record<never,never> // allow any other CDS type as well (e.g. 'User')
   items?: type
 }
 
@@ -102,11 +107,13 @@ export type EntityElements = {
     virtual?: boolean,
     unique?: boolean,
     notNull?: boolean,
+    precision?: number,
+    scale?: number,
+    length?: number,
   },
 }
 
 export interface Association extends type {
-  type: 'cds.Association' | 'cds.Composition'
   target: FQN
 
   /**
diff --git a/apis/linked/classes.d.ts b/apis/linked/classes.d.ts
index e0eaec15..87c47645 100644
--- a/apis/linked/classes.d.ts
+++ b/apis/linked/classes.d.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ declare class aspect<K extends kinds = 'aspect'> extends type<K> implements With
   elements: Definitions<type<'type'>>
 }
 declare interface type extends Omit<csn.type, 'items'> {
-  items: type
+  items?: type
+  key?: boolean
+  notNull?: boolean
+  virtual?: boolean
 }
 declare class type<K extends kinds = 'type'> extends any_<K> { }
 
@@ -79,7 +82,10 @@ declare class Int32 extends Integer { }
 declare class Int64 extends Integer { }
 declare class Float extends number { }
 declare class Double extends Float { }
-declare class Decimal extends Float { }
+declare class Decimal extends Float { 
+  precision?: number
+  scale?: number
+}
 
 declare class date extends scalar { }
 declare class Date extends date { }
diff --git a/apis/linked/internal.d.ts b/apis/linked/internal.d.ts
index 2fd5546f..ba8872ae 100644
--- a/apis/linked/internal.d.ts
+++ b/apis/linked/internal.d.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@
 import type { scalar } from './classes'
 
 declare class number_ extends scalar { }
-declare class string_ extends scalar { }
+declare class string_ extends scalar { 
+  length?: number
+}
 declare class boolean_ extends scalar { }
diff --git a/test/typescript/apis/project/cds-linked.ts b/test/typescript/apis/project/cds-linked.ts
index 8b8afe23..c5a1f3dc 100644
--- a/test/typescript/apis/project/cds-linked.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/apis/project/cds-linked.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import cds from '@sap/cds';
 import { csn } from '../../../..';
 import { as } from './dummy';
 
-const { action, aspect, entity, event, mixin, scalar, struct, type } = cds.linked.classes
+const { action, aspect, entity, event, mixin, scalar, struct, type, Decimal, String } = cds.linked.classes
 
 // is exported from top level
 as<LinkedCSN>() === as<cds.linked.LinkedCSN>()
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ new entity().texts?.kind === 'entity'
 new entity().drafts?.kind === 'entity'
 new entity().is_entity === true
 new entity().is_struct === true;
-[...new entity().elements].find(x => x.items.kind === 'type')
+[...new entity().elements].find(x => x.items && x.items.kind === 'type')
 new entity().items?.kind
 new entity().name
 // @ts-expect-error
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ new scalar().kind === 'scalar_'
 new type().kind === 'type'
 // @ts-expect-error
 new type().kind === 'type_'
+new type().key
+new type().virtual
+new type().notNull
 
 new event().elements
 new event().kind === 'event'
@@ -83,6 +86,11 @@ new action().kind === 'action'
 // @ts-expect-error
 new action().kind === 'action_'
 
+new Decimal().precision
+new Decimal().scale
+
+new String().length
+
 mixin(class {}, class {})
 // @ts-expect-error
 mixin(42)