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German Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive

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The four German cases explained: articles, pronouns, prepositions and worked examples.

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  1. 1Nominative case
    The subject of the sentence (who/what is doing the action). Example: 'Der Mann' (the man) in 'Der Mann läuft.'
  2. 2Accusative case
    The direct object (who/what receives the action). Example: 'den Mann' in 'Ich sehe den Mann.'
  3. 3Dative case
    The indirect object (to whom/for whom). Example: 'dem Mann' in 'Ich gebe dem Mann das Buch.'
  4. 4Genitive case
    Possession (whose). Example: 'des Mannes' in 'Das Buch des Mannes' (the man's book)
  5. 5Definite article: masculine nominative
    der (the)
  6. 6Definite article: masculine accusative
    den (the)
  7. 7Definite article: masculine dative
    dem (to the)
  8. 8Definite article: masculine genitive
    des (of the)
  9. 9Definite article: feminine nominative
    die (the)
  10. 10Definite article: feminine accusative
    die (the)
  11. 11Definite article: feminine dative
    der (to the)
  12. 12Definite article: feminine genitive
    der (of the)
  13. 13Definite article: neuter nominative
    das (the)
  14. 14Definite article: neuter accusative
    das (the)
  15. 15Definite article: neuter dative
    dem (to the)
  16. 16Definite article: neuter genitive
    des (of the)
  17. 17Definite article: plural nominative
    die (the)
  18. 18Definite article: plural accusative
    die (the)
  19. 19Definite article: plural dative
    den (to the)
  20. 20Definite article: plural genitive
    der (of the)
  21. 21Indefinite article: masculine nominative
    ein (a/an)
  22. 22Indefinite article: masculine accusative
    einen (a/an)
  23. 23Indefinite article: masculine dative
    einem (to a)
  24. 24Indefinite article: masculine genitive
    eines (of a)
  25. 25Indefinite article: feminine nominative
    eine (a/an)
  26. 26Indefinite article: feminine accusative
    eine (a/an)
  27. 27Indefinite article: feminine dative
    einer (to a)
  28. 28Indefinite article: feminine genitive
    einer (of a)
  29. 29Indefinite article: neuter nominative
    ein (a/an)
  30. 30Indefinite article: neuter accusative
    ein (a/an)

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