Introduction
Einführung
Adjectives in the dative and genitive cases change in the exact same way when they come after der-word or ~ein-word. In both cases they take a ~en ending regardless of the gender or plurality of the noun they modify:
dem blauen Hund
the blue dog
dem blauen tiere
the blue animals
einer blauen katze
a blue cat
Things are however a little more complicated when the adjective is not preceded by an article. For the dative case, masculine and neutral singular nouns receive an ~em ending:
Rotem Hund
Red Dog
Rotem Tier
Red Animal
Feminine singular nouns receive an -er ending:
Roter Katze
Red Cat
And plural nouns of all genders receive an ~en ending:
Roten Hunden
Red Dogs
In the genitive case, if masculine and neutral singular nouns are not preceded by an article they receive an ~en ending:
Grünen Hund
Green Dog
Grünen Tier
Green Animal
Feminine singular nouns as well as masculine and neutral plural nouns receive an -er ending:
Grüner Katze
Green Cat
Grüner Hunden
Green Dogs
dem blauen Hund
the blue dog
dem blauen tiere
the blue animals
einer blauen katze
a blue cat
Things are however a little more complicated when the adjective is not preceded by an article. For the dative case, masculine and neutral singular nouns receive an ~em ending:
Rotem Hund
Red Dog
Rotem Tier
Red Animal
Feminine singular nouns receive an -er ending:
Roter Katze
Red Cat
And plural nouns of all genders receive an ~en ending:
Roten Hunden
Red Dogs
In the genitive case, if masculine and neutral singular nouns are not preceded by an article they receive an ~en ending:
Grünen Hund
Green Dog
Grünen Tier
Green Animal
Feminine singular nouns as well as masculine and neutral plural nouns receive an -er ending:
Grüner Katze
Green Cat
Grüner Hunden
Green Dogs
Phrases
Redewendungen
Anna folgt keinen schönen Tieren in den Wald.
Anna follows no beautiful animals in the woods.
Related Lessons
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Nominative Adjectives
Adjektive im Nominativ
Accusative Adjectives
Adjektive im Akkusativ
Dative Articles
Artikel im Dativ
Dative Pronouns
Pronomen im Dativ
Dative Prepositions
Präpositionen mit Dativ