Accusative Case

Accusative Case - Forms

The definite and indefinite articles in the accusative case are:

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Definite Indefinite	den Mann einen Mann	die Frau eine Frau	das Kind ein Kind	die Leute keine Leute

Other noun modifiers follow the same pattern:

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
der-words ein-words	diesen Mann meinen Mann	welche Frau seine Frau	jedes Kind ihr Kind	manche Leute deine Leute

Note that these articles differ from the nominative case articles only for masculine nouns.

Some masculine nouns, primarily those which denote a male person, add an -(e)n ending to the noun itself in the accusative case. These are called masculine N-nouns. They are listed in the dictionary as with an extra -en ending before the plural ending, e.g., der Mensch, -en, -en.