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  '''Neuter'''    ''das''        ''das''        ''dem''    ''des'' +''s''
 
  '''Neuter'''    ''das''        ''das''        ''dem''    ''des'' +''s''
 
  '''Plural'''    ''die''        ''die''        ''den''    ''der''
 
  '''Plural'''    ''die''        ''die''        ''den''    ''der''
 
  
 
=== ''der''-words ===
 
=== ''der''-words ===
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== Indefinite articles ==
 
== 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.
 
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.
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The pattern for the determiner ''welcher'' is identical to ''dieser''. For instance: ''welcher'', ''welche'', ''welches'', etc.
 
The pattern for the determiner ''welcher'' is identical to ''dieser''. For instance: ''welcher'', ''welche'', ''welches'', etc.
  
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 4 August 2006

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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