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Some words share the singular and can only be distinguished by their gender and sometimes their plural (compare “bases” in English, which can be the plural of two distinct words, “base” and “basis”):
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Note that for most feminine nouns, all singular forms are identical. This means that since n-nouns in general have all plural forms identical, all feminine n-nouns are effectively indeclinable.
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In many instances, the compound is acceptable both with and without the "s", but there are many cases where the "s" is mandatory and this cannot be deduced from grammatical rules, e.g.
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To reduce length or to highlight distinctions, a first or final part of a compound is sometimes mentioned only once but applies to more than one compound noun. For example:
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are mostly restricted to formal usage, but widely limited to poetic style. Such forms are not commonly found in modern prose texts, except in fixed expressions (such as
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The dative plural of all nouns ends in -n if such an ending does not already exist, except that of nouns that form the plural with -s, which are usually
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would be similarly unusual. This ending is also still used semi-productively in poetry and music, mostly for the purposes of meter and rhyme.
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mostly do not, but there are exceptions. Use of the "s" is mostly optional in compounds in which the second element is a participle.
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Given the nominative singular, genitive singular, and nominative plural of a noun, it is possible to determine its declension.
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All German nouns are capitalized. German is the only major language to capitalize its nouns. This was also done in the
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Most nouns do not take declensions in the accusative or singular dative cases. A class of masculine nouns, called "
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Traps abound in both directions here: common mass nouns in English are not mass nouns in German, and vice versa:
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Capitalization of some English nouns was still in use in the 18th century, as can be seen for example in the
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In colloquial usage, moreover, singular inflection of weak masculine nouns may be limited to those ending in
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For the four cases, nominative, accusative, dative and genitive, the main forms of declension are:
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Capitalization is not restricted to nouns. Other words are often capitalized when they are
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are written together with no spacing (for example, the German word for "spy satellite" is
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Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
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seems to be correlated to certain suffixes (of the first stem); compounds with words in
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Other nouns of this class are sometimes not inflected. Thus one might occasionally hear
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for genitive, dative and accusative: this is used for masculine nouns ending with
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A masculine or neuter noun with genitive singular and nominative plural ending in
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Again as in English, some words change their meaning when changing their number:
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Words derived from Latin with nominative singular in -a and genitive singular
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A few words have two different plurals with distinct meanings. For example:
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nouns. Only a handful of other languages capitalize their nouns, mainly
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As in English, some nouns (e.g. mass nouns) only have a singular form (
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Gschossmann-Hendershot, Elke; Feuerle, Lois (7 February 2014).
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mostly do take the "s", while feminine words not ending in
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with orthographic conventions inspired by German, such as
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denoting people and animals, masculine nouns ending with
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have several properties, some unique. As in many related
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Many foreign nouns have irregular plurals, for example:
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if more. Traditionally the nouns in this group also add
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In addition, there is the grammatical feature of the
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As in other Germanic languages, German nouns can be
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nouns usually have the same form in all four cases.
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New York: McGraw Hill Professional. p. 14. 1126:Only words of more syllables usually add a simple 2723:– German grammar lesson covering nouns and gender 2082:‘the German language’, a nominalized adjective). 612:Proper nouns which have two genitive forms like 2660:Schaum's Outline of German Grammar, 5th Edition 2069:showed tendencies towards noun capitalization. 2065:until 1948 and sometimes in (New) Latin, while 407:(for example, "the book" is always written as 2742: 2114:('Danube Steamboat Shipping Company', 1829). 325: 8: 2323: 2311: 2299: 2293: 2287: 2281: 2275: 2269: 2263: 2257: 2251: 2245: 2239: 2233: 2227: 2221: 2215: 2209: 2203: 2197: 2184: 2178: 2172: 2166: 2153: 2132: 2126: 2107: 2095: 2077: 1157: 1151: 1141: 1130: 1109: 1097: 1073: 1067: 1066:: "to be able") and for certain words (e.g. 1061: 1055: 1016: 1010: 1004: 994: 985: 979: 937: 928: 919: 913: 900: 891: 882: 876: 845: 836: 827: 821: 808: 799: 790: 784: 773: 740: 731: 725: 719: 706: 697: 691: 685: 640: 634: 628: 619: 613: 604: 598: 592: 583: 574: 568: 556: 550: 518: 395:German is unusual among languages using the 597:(“Mary” in English) with genitive singular 64:Learn how and when to remove these messages 2749: 2735: 2727: 2332:("near the main railway and bus station") 1085:Nevertheless, in the genitive, the ending 332: 318: 252: 2532:(physical "piece" e.g. from a machine) – 241:Learn how and when to remove this message 223:Learn how and when to remove this message 161:Learn how and when to remove this message 2345:); other nouns only have a plural form ( 2094:in effectively unlimited numbers, as in 1976: 1885: 1805: 1169: 27:Overview of how nouns are used in German 2699:"Der Gebrauch des Fugen-s im Überblick" 2649: 2625: 2451:(isolated words, as in "five words") - 482:from French and English often keep the 255: 2540:(conceptual "part" e.g. from a speech) 2320:("picture galleries and exhibitions") 7: 2634:American Declaration of Independence 1099:des Hauses, des Stoßes, des Schusses 99:adding citations to reliable sources 961:nouns which do not already have an 630:Mama, Mami, Mutter, Mutti, Oma, Omi 2566:(nautical term for "(large) wave") 2368:("the Universe", "thirst", "sand") 1096:if the word ends with a sibilant ( 573:with genitive and dative singular 25: 2110:Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft 591:Proper nouns derived from Latin: 368:(change form) depending on their 45:This article has multiple issues. 177: 75: 34: 2256:and nominalized infinitives in 866:for accusative and dative, and 447:retained the habit until 1948. 86:needs additional citations for 53:or discuss these issues on the 2426:("different sources of money") 2397:("the piece of information"), 1057:Dativ-e (dem Gotte, dem Manne) 462:are normally formed by adding 1: 2401:("the pieces of information") 1050:Dative forms with the ending 496:Grammatical gender in German 2436:("different types of wine") 1156:instead of the more formal 1024:General rules of declension 203:the claims made and adding 2900: 2558:("sea", no plural form) – 2125:: 'spy satellite' is thus 624:(“the spear of Brunhild”). 493: 2823: 2768: 2614:Standard German phonology 2378:("costs", "the holidays") 2007: 2001: 1998: 1181: 1178: 1175: 1119:if it ends on the letter 663:nouns have genitive case 618:(“Brunhild's spear”) and 376:. German has four cases: 1159:dem Spatzen, dem Idioten 1111:(des Gottes, des Mannes) 2721:German Nouns and Gender 2183:= "time of departure", 1054:known in German as the 423:, also capitalize both 354:Indo-European languages 2518:("volume (of a book)") 2324: 2312: 2300: 2294: 2288: 2282: 2276: 2270: 2264: 2258: 2252: 2246: 2240: 2234: 2228: 2222: 2216: 2210: 2204: 2198: 2185: 2179: 2173: 2167: 2154: 2149:‚with a 100 percent‘. 2133: 2131:and 'mad cow disease' 2127: 2108: 2104:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2096: 2078: 1158: 1152: 1142: 1131: 1110: 1108:by monosyllabic words 1098: 1074: 1068: 1062: 1056: 1017: 1011: 1005: 995: 986: 980: 938: 929: 920: 914: 901: 892: 883: 877: 846: 837: 828: 822: 809: 800: 791: 785: 775:-and, -ant, -ent, -ist 774: 741: 732: 726: 720: 707: 698: 692: 686: 671:if one syllable long, 641: 635: 633:which have forms like 629: 621:der Speer der Brunhild 620: 614: 605: 600:Mariä, Mariens, Marias 599: 593: 584: 575: 569: 557: 551: 519: 1802:Irregular declensions 567:Old declensions like 494:Further information: 417:High German languages 2067:Early Modern English 1982:Nominative singular 1153:dem Spatz, dem Idiot 1143:(der Name – dem Name 957:In the dative case, 520:schwaches Substantiv 478:). Moreover, recent 95:improve this article 18:German compound noun 2313:Bildergalerien und 2171:= "wedding dress", 1891: 1811: 1660:die Meinungen 1580:des Studenten, 636:die Tasche der Mama 490:Declension for case 2609:German orthography 2337:Issues with number 2196:Occurrence of the 2030:die Amerikanismen 2027:des Amerikanismus 2024:der Amerikanismus 1988:Nominative plural 1985:Genitive singular 1886: 1806: 1166:Declension classes 667:endings: normally 534:For singular nouns 456:"Spionagesatellit" 433:regional languages 374:singular or plural 362:grammatical gender 301:Sentence structure 188:possibly contains 2884:Nouns by language 2879:German declension 2861: 2860: 2762:world's languages 2670:978-0-07-182335-7 2399:die Informationen 2343:singularia tantum 2191:employment agency 2145:‚US embassy‘, or 2119:English compounds 2054: 2053: 2050:the mode or mood 1964: 1963: 1884: 1883: 1799: 1798: 1069:(dem) Hause, Wege 576:der Frauen/Frawen 441:Saterland Frisian 342: 341: 291:Adverbial 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