Indefinite article
This article, ein-, is used equivalently to the indefinite article a in English, though it literally means one. Like its English equivalent (though unlike Spanish), it has no direct form for a plural.
| Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ein | ein | eine |
| Genitive | eines | eines | einer |
| Dative | einem | einem | einer |
| Accusative | einen | ein | eine |
The same endings are used for the negative indefinite article-like word kein- (no, none), and the adjectival possessive pronouns (alias: possessive adjectives, possessive determiners), mein- (my), dein- (your (singular)), sein- (his), ihr- (her and their), unser- (our), euer/eur- (your (plural), if addressing a group), Ihr- (your if addressing an authority figure, always capitalised).
Definite article
Declension of the definite article, equivalent to English definite article the , is given in the table below.
| Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der | das | die | die |
| Genitive | des | des | der | der |
| Dative | dem | dem | der | den |
| Accusative | den | das | die | die |
The demonstrative pronouns (dies-, jen-) (this, that) and the relative pronoun (welch-) (which) as well as jed- (every), manch- (many) and solch- (such) take similar endings:
| Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -er | -es | -e | -e |
| Genitive | -es | -es | -er | -er |
| Dative | -em | -em | -er | -en |
| Accusative | -en | -es | -e | -e |
