Articles & Demonstratives
Definite Articles (The)
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
Nominative | der (dare) | die (dee) | das (dahs) | die |
Accusative | den (dane) | die | das | die |
Dative | dem (dame) | der | dem | den |
Genitive | des (dess) | der | des | der |
Indefinite Articles (A, An)
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nom. | ein (ine) | eine (ine-uh) | ein |
Acc. | einen (ine-en) | eine | ein |
Dat. | einem (ine-em) | einer(ine-er) | einem |
Gen. | eines (ine-es) | einer | eines |
Demonstratives (This, That, These, Those)
This / These | That / Those |
| Masc. | Fem. | Neu. | Pl. | Masc. | Fem. | Neu. | Pl. |
Nom. | dieser | diese | dieses | diese | der | die | das | die |
Acc. | diesen | diese | dieses | diese | den | die | das | die |
Dat. | diesem | dieser | diesem | diesen | dem | der | dem | den |
Gen. | dieses | dieser | dieses | dieser | des | der | des | der |
Jener is an older word found in written German that was used to mean that or those, but today in spoken German the definite articles are used.
Dort or
da may accompany the definite articles for emphasis.
Das is also a universal demonstrative and therefore shows no agreement. Notice the last letter of each of the words above. They correspond to the last letters of the words for the definite articles. Words that are formed this same way are called
der-words because they follow the pattern of the der-die-das declension. Other der-words are:
jeder-every, and
welcher-which.
Mancher (many) and
solcher (such) are also der-words, but they are used almost always in the plural.
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