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Genitive Case - Forms
The definite and indefinite articles in the genitive case are:
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
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Definite Indefinite |
des Mannes eines Mannes |
der Frau einer Frau |
des Kindes eines Kindes |
der Leute keiner Leute |
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
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der-words ein-words |
dieses Mannes meines Mannes |
welcher Frau seiner Frau |
jedes Kindes ihres Kindes |
mancher Leute deiner Leute |
Note that the masculine and neuter uses the -es ending on both the article and the noun.
Some masculine nouns, primarily those which denote a male person, add an -(e)n ending rather than -(e)s ending to the noun itself in the genitive 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.