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'''Articles'''

== Definite articles ==
=== Forms ===
            '''Nominative'''  '''Accusative'''  '''Dative'''  '''Genitive'''
 '''Masculine'''  ''der''         ''den''         ''dem''     ''des'' +''s''
 '''Feminine'''   ''die''         ''die''         ''der''     ''der''
 '''Neuter'''     ''das''         ''das''         ''dem''     ''des'' +''s''
 '''Plural'''     ''die''         ''die''         ''den''     ''der''

=== ''der''-words ===

== Indefinite articles ==
Indefinite Articles translate into English as "a" or "an" and therefore there is no plural. Like in English you use the plural noun without any article.

=== Forms ===
As there is no indefinite article in the plural, ''kein'' is used to illustrate plural declension. Make special note region in bold is where the indefinite article lacks a primary case ending. This is important when declining adjectives.

* Indefinite Article Declension
            '''Nominative'''  '''Accusative'''  '''Dative'''     '''Genitive'''
 '''Masculine'''  ''ein''         ''einen''       ''einem''      ''eines'' +''s''
 '''Feminine'''   ''eine''        ''eine''        ''einer''      ''einer
 '''Neuter'''     ''ein''         ''ein''         ''einem''      ''eines'' +''s''
 '''Plural'''     ''keine''       ''keine''       ''keinen'' +''n''  ''keiner''

* Examples:
 Er schnitt eine Zwiebel.  - He chopped an onion.
 Er schnitt Zwiebeln.      - He chopped onions.
 Er schnitt keine Zwiebeln - He chopped no onions

=== ''ein''-words ===
* ''ein''-words include the following determiners:
 ''ein'' - a
 ''kein'' - none, not any
 ''mein'' - my
 ''dein'' - your (singular)
 ''euer'' - your (plural)
 ''Ihr'' - your (formal)
 ''sein'' - his, its
 ''ihr'' - her
 ''unser'' - our
 ''ihr'' - their

These words have the same endings as ''ein'' in all the cases. Since ''ein'' has no plural form, because it means "a" or "one", note the plural forms of all other ''ein''-words:
         '''Nominative'''  '''Accusative'''  '''Dative'''  '''Genitive'''
 '''Plural'''  ''meine''       ''meine''       ''meinen''  ''meiner''
         ''deine''       ''deine''       ''deinen''  ''deiner''
         ''seine''       ''seine''       ''seinen''  ''seiner''
         ''ihre''        ''ihre''        ''ihren''   ''ihrer''
         ''eure''        ''eure''        ''euren''   ''eurer''

=== ''dieser''-words ===
 ''dieser'' - this, that
 ''jeder'' - each, every
 ''alle'' - all
 ''welcher'' - which, what

These words have endings similar to the definite article. Note: the plural of ''jeder'' is ''alle''.
            '''Nominative'''  '''Accusative'''  '''Dative'''  '''Genitive'''
 '''Masculine'''  ''jeder''       ''jeden''       ''jedem''   ''jedes''
 '''Feminine'''   ''jede''        ''jede''        ''jeder''   ''jeder''
 '''Neuter'''     ''jedes''       ''jedes''       ''jedem''   ''jedes''
 '''Plural'''     ''alle''        ''alle''        ''allen''   ''aller''

            '''Nominative'''  '''Accusative'''  '''Dative'''  '''Genitive'''
 '''Masculine'''  ''dieser''      ''diesen''      ''diesem''  dieses''
 '''Feminine'''   ''diese''       ''diese''       ''dieser''  dieser''
 '''Neuter'''     ''dieses''      ''dieses''      ''diesem''  dieses''
 '''Plural'''     ''diese''       ''diese''       ''diesen''  dieser''

The pattern for the determiner ''welcher'' is identical to ''dieser''. For instance: ''welcher'', ''welche'', ''welches'', etc.

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