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Cyphernaut - Articles (German-Deutsch)

In German, the indefinite and definite articles vary depending on the case. There are four cases in German: the nominative; the accusative; the dative; and the genitive. The nominative case is the most basic case and represents the standard form of nouns in dictionaries. It refers to the subject noun of the sentence i.e. The man threw the ball or in German, Der Mann warf den Ball. The accusative case refers to the direct object noun in a sentence i.e. The man threw the ball or in German, Der Mann warf den Ball. The dative case refers to the indirect object of a sentence i.e. The man threw the ball to the boy or in German, Der Mann warf den Ball zu dem Jungen. The genitive case is also called the possessive case and refers to a noun being possessed or owned by another noun i.e. the book of the boy or in German, das Buch des Jungen.

Abbreviations used in the table are:

M for masculine
F for feminine
N for neutral
SG for singular
PL for plural

Articles (Deutsch)
Case	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	SG M - ein ein Apfel (an apple) SG F - eine eine Klasse (a class) SG N - ein ein Buch (a book) *There are no plurals.	SG M - der der Hund (the dog) SG F - die die Katze (the cat) SG N - das das Kino (the cinema) PL M - die die Freunde (the friends) PL F - die die Karten (the maps) PL N - die die Autos (the autos)
Accusative	SG M - einen einen Apfel (an apple) SG F - eine eine Klasse (a class) SG N - ein ein Buch (a book) There are no plurals. Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun.	SG M - den den Hund (the dog) SG F - die die Katze (the cat) SG N - das das Kino (the cinema) PL M - die die Freunde (the friends) PL F - die die Karten (the maps) PL N - die die Autos (the autos) *Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun.
Dative	SG M - einem einem Apfel (to an apple) SG F - einer einer Klasse (to a class) SG N - einem einem Buch (to a book) There are no plurals. Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun.	SG M - dem dem Hund (to the dog) SG F - der der Katze (to the cat) SG N - dem dem Kino (to the cinema) PL M - den den Freunden (to the friends) PL F - den den Karten (to the maps) PL N - den den Autos (to the autos) Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun. Plural nouns add an -en or -n if the plural doesn't already end in n except when the plural ends in -s.
Genitive	SG M - eines eines Apfels (of an apple) SG F - einer einer Klasse (of a class) SG N - eines eines Buches (of a book) There are no plurals. M and N nouns add an -s or an -es to the end of the noun. *Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun.	SG M - des des Hundes (of the dog) SG F - der der Katze (of the cat) SG N - des des Kinos (of the cinema) PL M - der der Freunde (of the friends) PL F - der der Karten (of the maps) PL N - der der Autos (of the autos) M and N nouns add an -s or an -es to the end of the noun. Some M nouns add an -en or -n to the end of the noun.