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Adjective Endings II Accusative/Dative Also see > The Four German Cases You are here: Nominative Endings > Accusative/Dative Ending The following chart shows the adjective endings for the accusative and dative cases with the definite articles (der, dem, der) and the indefinite articles (einen, einem, einer, keinen). The nominative case endings were previously outlined in Part I. The adjective endings for the genitive case follow the same pattern as the dative. (For more, see A Closer Look at the Genitive Case.) Accusative Case (Direct Object) Masculine den Feminine die Neuter das Plural die den neuen Wagen the new car die sch�ne Stadt the beautiful city das alte Auto the old car die neuen B�cher the new books Masculine einen Feminine eine Neuter ein Plural keine einen neuen Wagen a new car eine sch�ne Stadt a beautiful city ein altes Auto an old car keine neuen B�cher no new books Dative Case (Indirect Object) Masculine dem Feminine der Neuter dem Plural den dem netten Mann (to) the nice man der sch�nen Frau (to) the beautiful woman dem netten M�dchen (to) the nice girl den anderen Leuten* (to) the other people Masculine einem Feminine einer Neuter einem Plural keinen einem netten Mann (to) a nice man einer sch�nen Frau (to) a beautiful woman einem netten M�dchen (to) a nice girl keinen anderen Leuten* (to) no other people *Plural nouns in the dative add an -n or -en ending if the plural form does not already end in -(e)n.

NOTE: The adjective endings in the Genitive Case are the same as in the DATIVE all -en! Also see: Adjective Endings I (Nominative) Sponsored Links Free German LessonsGerman, Spanish, even Icelandic! Get Tips from Real Native Speakerswww.Livemocha.com German BooksBooks from Germany Exciting book catalogwww.Buchpark.de German EmploymentNew job listings daily. This is the place to start.eujobsly.com/Germany As we saw earlier in Part I (Nominative), an adjective that precedes a noun must have an ending--at least an -e. Also notice that the endings shown here in the ACCUSATIVE (direct object) case are identical to those in the NOMINATIVE (subject) case--with the sole exception of the masculine gender (der/den). The masculine gender is the only one that looks any different when the case changes from nominative (der) to accusative (den). In the sentence "Der blaue Wagen ist neu," the subject is der Wagen and der Wagen is nominative. But if we say "Ich kaufe den blauen Wagen." ("I'm buying the blue car."), then "der Wagen" changes to "den Wagen" as the accusative object. The adjective ending rule here is: in the accusative case with the definite article (the/den, die, das) the adjective ending is always -en for the masculine (den) form. But it remains -e for die or das. So we would get "...den blauen Wagen..." (...the blue car...), but "...die blaue T�r.." (the blue door), or "...das blaue Buch..." (the blue book). When the adjective is used with an ein-word (einen, dein, keine, etc.), the accusative adjective ending must reflect the gender and case of the noun that follows. The adjective endings -en, -e, and -es correspond to the articles den, die, and das respectively (masc., fem., and neuter). Once you notice the parallel and the agreement of the letters n, e, s with den, die, das, it makes the process a little clearer. NOT SURE ABOUT THE GRAMMAR TERMS? German Grammar Glossary German grammar terms explained in plain English. Many German learners but when it comes to The ending is ALWAYS used with either the

find the DATIVE (indirect object) case to be intimidating, adjective endings in the dative, it couldn't be more simple. -en! That's it! And this simple rule applies to adjectives definite or indefinte articles (and ein-words).

If you need more help, see Udo Klinger's Deklination von Adjektiven (in German only). As we mentioned in Part I, this is another illustration of why it is important to learn the gender of nouns in German. If you don't know that Wagen is masculine (der), then you won't be able to say (or write) "Er hat einen neuen Wagen." ("He has a new car.")