Dative Case - Forms

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Dative Case - Forms

The definite and indefinite articles in the dative case are:

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Definite Indefinite	dem Mann einem Mann	der Frau einer Frau	dem Kind einem Kind	den Leuten keinen Leuten

Other noun modifiers follow the same pattern:

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
der-words ein-words	diesem Mann meinem Mann	welcher Frau seiner Frau	jedem Kind ihrem Kind	manchen Leuten deinen Leuten

Some masculine nouns, primarily those which denote a male person, add an -(e)n ending to the noun itself in the dative 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.