Adjective Endings

          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-.


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