Nouns, determiners and cases

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, creature or thing.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place or thing. A noun can be masculine, feminine, neuter or plural.

All German nouns have a gender. Learn these rules to help work this out.

Two or more words joined together.

Nouns in German can be feminine, masculine or neuter.

Working out plural endings.

Definite and indefinite articles help to work out the gender of nouns.

Adjectives can act like nouns. These are called adjectival nouns.

Verbs can be nominalised to talk about actions as things.

There are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive.

Use the genitive case to show possession.

How to use 'kein' to negate nouns.

Types of adjectives in German and how to use them.

Possessive adjectives are used before a noun to show ownership.

Quantifiers demonstrate quantity or amount. It shows how much or how many of something exists.