The weak declension includes the vast majority of the female nouns and the following male nouns:
ending with -e
foreign origin accented on the last syllable (including ending with -ant, -ent, -log, -ist, -nom)
nouns: der Mensch, Herr, Nachbar, Bär, Held, Prinz, Fürst, Bauer .
Its characteristics are:
-in feminine ending in -en or -n plural
- masculine ending -en or -n in all cases except singular denominator.
Maskulinum
Singular | Plural | ||
N | der Student | die Studenten | |
G | des Studenten | der Studenten | |
D | dem Studenten | den Studenten | |
A | den Studenten | die Studenten |
Femininum
Singular | Plural | ||
N | die Frau | die Frauen | |
G | der Frau | der Frauen | |
D | der Frau | den Frauen | |
A | die Frau | die Frauen |