German grammar

Most common endings of nouns.

Singular genitive:

1) -s or -es strong and mixed masculine and neuter,

2) -n or -en masculine and neuter,

3) without a female ending.

Singular dative:

1) without the ending in strong and mixed variety in masculine and neuter gender (sometimes ending -e, its use is usually optional)

2) -n or -en in masculine and neuter gender

3) without a female ending.

Accusative singular:

1) without ending in strong and mixed gender in male and female and neuter gender

2) -n or -en in the weak masculine variant.

Nominative, genitive, accusative plural:

Masculine:

1) -e, rarely -er, often with an override

2) no ending (but often revised) for words ending with -er, -el, en

3) -n or -en weak and mixed

4) -s for a group of nouns of foreign origin.

Feminine:

1) -n or -en weak

2) -e often with a strong grade

3) no ending and revision for Mutter, Tochter nouns.

Neuter:

1) -er, often with Umlaut

2) -e, usually unpromised

3) no ending for words ending with -er, -el, en

4) -n or -en weak and mixed

5) -s for a group of foreign nouns.

In the plural dative, add -n to the plural denominator if it ends in -e, -l, -r.

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