The most difficult in German grammar is the declination.
Therefore we have a little repetition at this point
of time. The declination will follow you wherever you
go with German, it is found with nouns, all pronouns
(personal, interrogative, demonstrative, possessive
etc.), articles and adjectives. Let's admit that's quite
a lot, considering the declination doesn't really always
look the same, and there are always masculine, feminine
and neutral words. If it's any comfort to you - other
languages have declinations too and some are much more
complicated (Russian with six declinations or Finnish
with 15 declinations for instance).
In Chapter
9 - declination in German we have established the
different types of declinations with groups. To know
them will bring you much further, therefore here
another set of examples. To know the declination of
a noun you have to learn the plural form of the noun.
Let's have a look at some examples.
Let's
look at some examples
der
Schuh => die Schuhe
shoe
=> shoes
plural
with e, no change of vowel => group
(a)
die
Kartoffel => die Kartoffeln
potatoe
=> potatoes
plural
with n, no change of vowel => group
(b)
das
Kind => die Kinder
child
=> children
plural
with er, no change of vowel =>
group (c)
der
Brauch => die Bräuche
custom
=> customs
plural
with e, change of vowel => group
(d)
die
Sau => die Säue
sow
=> sows
plural
with e, change of vowel => group
(e)
das
Buch => die Bücher
book
=> books
plural
with er, change of vowel => group
(f)
das
Kanu => die Kanus
canoe
=> canoes
plural
with s, no change of vowel => group
(g) - only neutral nouns
der
Affe => die Affen
monkey
=> monkeys
plural
with en, no change of vowel =>
group (h) - only masculine nouns
der
Becher => die Becher
cup
=> cups
plural
= singular => group (i) - only
masculine nouns
The different declinations in
the group you find in chapter
9.6.1 to 9.6.2.
