German grammar

Weak declension.

The weak declension includes the vast majority of the female nouns and the following male nouns:

ending with -e

foreign origin accented on the last syllable (including ending with -ant, -ent, -log, -ist, -nom)

nouns: der Mensch, Herr, Nachbar, Bär, Held, Prinz, Fürst, Bauer .

Its characteristics are:

-in feminine ending in -en or -n plural

- masculine ending -en or -n in all cases except singular denominator.

Maskulinum

SingularPlural
Nder Studentdie Studenten
Gdes Studentender Studenten
Ddem Studentenden Studenten
Aden Studentendie Studenten

Femininum

SingularPlural
Ndie Fraudie Frauen
Gder Frauder Frauen
Dder Frauden Frauen
Adie Fraudie Frauen

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