Articles & Demonstratives

Question 1

Definite Articles (The)

Answer 1

Definite Articles (The) | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |Plural
Nominative	der (dare)	die (dee)	das (dahs)	die
Accusative	den (dane)	die	das	die
Dative	dem (dame)	der	dem	den
Genitive	des (dess)	der	des	der

Question 2

Indefinite Articles (A, An)

Answer 2

Indefinite Articles (A, An) | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter
Nom.	ein (ine)	eine (ine-uh)	ein
Acc.	einen (ine-en)	eine	ein
Dat.	einem (ine-em)	einer(ine-er)	einem
Gen.	eines (ine-es)	einer	eines

Question 3

Demonstratives

Answer 3

Demonstratives (This, That, These, Those)
This / These That / Those
Masc. Fem. Neu. Pl. Masc. Fem. Neu. Pl.
Nom. dieser diese dieses diese der die das die
Acc. diesen diese dieses diese den die das die
Dat. diesem dieser diesem diesen dem der dem den
Gen. dieses dieser dieses dieser des der des der

Question 4

Additional Info:

Answer 4

Jener is an older word found in written German that was used to mean that or those, but today in spoken German the definite articles are used. Dort or da may accompany the definite articles for emphasis. Das is also a universal demonstrative and therefore shows no agreement. Notice the last letter of each of the words above. They correspond to the last letters of the words for the definite articles. Words that are formed this same way are called der-words because they follow the pattern of the der-die-das declension. Other der-words are: jeder-every, and welcher-which. Mancher (many) and solcher (such) are also der-words, but they are used almost always in the plural.