In German there are three sexes when it comes to articles but a multitude of cases. This page will help you deceifer the different ways to say “the.” Also we will look at adjectives and adverbs and how we construct them and place them in German. Viel Glueck!
Articles: Nominative and Accusitive Cases
Nominative: These are the subjects of a sentence. The – Der (masculine), Die (feminine and plural), Das (neutral).
Accusative: These are the direct objects: The – Den (masculine), Die (feminine and plural), Das (neutral).
Dative: These are the indirect objects: The – Dem (masculine), Der (feminine), Dem (neutral), Den (plural).
Genitive: The possesive case. Des (masculine), Der (feminine), Des (neutral), Der (plural).
All our German Cases Explained with Articles from Bamberg, Germany
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This is the hardest part of learnging German. There are four cases in German and each of them have different endings for adjectives, articles and sometimes affects the ending of nouns. Nominative = subject of sentence case, I am Mark (the I am is the nomanative). Accusative = direct objects. I hit the man (the man is the accusative) Ich schlage den Mann (den Mann – akkusativ). Dative = indirect objects. Ich gebe es dem Mann (dem Mann – dative to the man). Genitive = possesive, Buch der Frau – the woman’s book. Here are the articles for each case. they go in order of (Masculine, Feminine, Neutral, Plural). Nomative: Der Die Das Die. Akkusativ: Den Die Das Die. Dative: Dem Der Dem Den. Genive: Des Der Des Der. From UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE Bamberg, Germany
German Adjectives from Goerlitz
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Some basic adjectives from Goerlitz on the German/Polish border, one of my favorite German towns. gut – good, schlecht – bad, gross – big/tall, klein – small/short, dick – fat, dunn – thin, dunkel – dark, hell – light, heiss – hot, warm – warm, kalt – cold, froh – happy, traurig – sad, wutend – mad, spaet – late, frueh – early, sauber – clean, lecker – tasty, schnell – quick/fast, langsam – slow.
Thanks for this useful article.