| 9.6.3 The different types of declination - with s and en |
| with -s and -en | ||||
| (g)
con -s |
(h)
con -en |
(i)
Nominative singular = plural |
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| (only with neutral nouns) | (only with masculine nouns) | (only with masculine nouns) | ||
| singular | neutral
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masculine
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masculine
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| Nominative | das Auto | der Mensch | der Onkel | |
| Genitive | des Autos | des Menschen | des Onkels | |
| Dative | dem Auto | dem Menschen | dem Onkel | |
| Akkusativ | das Auto | den Menschen | den Onkel | |
| plural | ||||
| Nominative | die Autos | die Menschen | die Onkel | |
| Genitive | der Autos | der Menschen | der Onkel | |
| Dative | den Autos | den Menschen | den Onkeln | |
| Akkusativ | die Autos | die Menschen | die Onkel | |
In the first example, there is the plural form unchanged
in all the declinations which is quite logical since
it would be hard to pronounce according to the rule
that the Dative gets an additional n.
Autosn is not even for
Germans easy to pronounce.
The second example looks quite irregular. The ending
-en is used in all the declinations - if the plural
is formed with -en.
The third case is not too spectacular. The endings are
the usual ones, only the plural form is actually the
same like the singular one.
You see it is not impossible to do. Now we go on to
more examples.
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