| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
| nom. | der rote Stuhl | die neue Lampe | das alte Buch | die roten Stühle |
| * kein roter Stuhl | keine neue Lampe | * kein altes Buch | keine neuen Lampen | |
| roter Stuhl | neue Lampe | altes Buch | alte Bücher |
| acc. | den roten Stuhl | die neue Lampe | das alte Buch | die roten Stühle |
| keinen roten Stuhl | keine neue Lampe | * kein altes Buch | keine neuen Lampen | |
| roten Stuhl | neue Lampe | altes Buch | alte Bücher |
There are also a number of "weak nouns" that take an "-n" in all cases but the nominative. Some examples:
|
nom.
acc. |
der Mensch
den Menschen [human] |
der Nachbar
den Nachbarn [neighbor] |
der Herr
den Herrn [lord; gentleman] |
der Held
den Helden [hero] |
|
nom.
acc. |
der Bote
den Boten [messenger] |
der Kunde
den Kunden [customer] |
der Junge
den Jungen [boy] |
der Experte
den Experten [expert] |
|
nom.
acc. |
der Jude
den Juden [Jew] |
der Russe
den Russen [Russian] |
der Kollege
den Kollegen [colleague] |
der Riese
den Riesen [giant] |
A number of weak nouns have the suffixes "-ant," "-arch," "-ege," "-ent," "-ist," "-oge," "-om," "-oph," and "-ot." Some examples:
|
der Buddist
[Buddhist] |
der Katholik
[Catholic] |
der Protestant
[Protestant] |
der Pilot
[pilot] |
|
der Student
[student] |
der Komödiant
[comedian] |
der Astronom
[astronomer] |
der Patriarch
[patriarch] |
|
der Philosoph
[philosopher] |
der Fotograf
[photographer] |
der Enthusiast
[enthusiast] |
der Anthropologe
[anthropologist] |
Note that all of these nouns are masculine. Furthermore, their plural forms are the same as their accusative forms: e.g., den Studenten; [plural:] die Studenten. ("Herr" is an exception: den Herrn; [plural:] die Herren).
* The nominative masculine and neuter and the accusative neuter are different when the article is an "ein-word." The articles in this category are ein, kein, and the possessive pronouns: mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr, ihr
The so-called "der-words" are the articles der, die, das; dies-, jed-, jen-, manch-, solch-, welch-.