Noun declension?

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Hello,

Why are some nouns, such as "der Name," declined in the genitive, dative, and accusative cases, along with adjectives or articles? Are there declension rules for such nouns? To be more precise: The question does not refer to the declension of adjectives and articles, but only to the n-declension of nouns.

Of course there are some exceptions, but normally the genitive form of masculine and neuter nouns gets an “-(e)s” at the end, but otherwise the nouns remain unchanged in all 4 case forms.

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spanferkel14
spanferkel14
1 year ago

n-Declination / weak masculine declination

All masculine words with the plural -n/en form, have in the singular genitiv, dativ and battery -n/en. Exception: All masculine words in the singular on -or end.

  • the Bauer – the Bauern
  • the lion – the lionn
  • the student – the studenten
  • man – manen
  • the policeman – the policemanen
  • the professoror – the professoren❗️
  • the champagneor – the sectoren❗️
  • the factor – the factoren ❗️
  1. the farmer, the farmernthe farmernthe farmern
  2. the student, the studententhe studententhe studenten
  3. Professor, Professors, the professor, the professor

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There are still a few exceptions, which are not worth mentioning, especially since they tend to cause confusion in this simple rule. But since you mention such an exception, here are a few words:

Exceptions

  • the name – the Namen: Here comes a “s” in the Genitiv Singular, so: the name, the namens, the namenthe namen.
  • the Heart – the hearten: This word is not masculine, but it is declinated in genitive and Dativ as “name”: the heart, the heartensthe heartenthe heart.
  • the lake – the laken: Here the n-declination does not apply, so quite normal: the lake, the lakeSthe lake, the lake.
  • the pain – the painen (as well as sea: pain, painitThe pain, the pain.

Maybe there are other exceptions. They’re not falling into my mind right now.

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Imperator0131
Imperator0131
1 year ago

There are some nomina that are declinated in all four Kasus forms, also along with adjectives or articles. Here are the basic rules:

  1. In the Genitiv Singular a “s” is attached to the Nomen, while the other Kasus forms remain unchanged.
  2. Example: the name (Nominativ), the name (Genitiv), the name (Dativ), the name (Accusativ)
  3. The n-declination does not apply to feminine nomina. They follow the mixed declination where the endings change in the different case.

Here are a few examples of nomina following the n-declination:

  • the name, the name, the name, the name
  • the boy, the boy, the boy, the boy
  • peace, peace, peace, peace
  • book, book, book, book, book

However, there are also exceptions and irregular forms in n-declination.

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spanferkel14
spanferkel14
1 year ago
Reply to  Imperator0131

Take it easy. the book out! This was probably nocturnal concentration weakness.🧸🛌🤫 Can happen.

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