| Nominativ (N) | wer? (Who?), Was? (What?) |
| Genitiv (G) | wessen? (Whose?) |
| Dativ (D) | wem? (Who? What?) |
| Akkusativ (A) | wen? (Who?), Was? (What?) |
main indicator of mortality of German noun is a form accompanying his words - definite and indefinite articles, possessive, index or negative pronouns, and only In some cases, case endings.
In single including nouns there are only two case endings: - (e) s and - (e) n .
End - (e) s get only in the genitive (genitive case), most nouns are masculine and all neuter. In other word forms endings they do not. This decline is called strong .
some animate nouns masculine receiving end - (e) n all plural nouns, except the nominative (nominative case). This decline is called a weak .
Feminine nouns receive no endings. This decline called female .
In dictionaries nouns declension type marks after the reference to the genus m , f , n should be marked: - (e) s - strong inducement, - (e) n - weak declination - (no endings) - female declination.
| die- | Question | strong inducement | Weak declension | Women's declination |
| N | wer? was? | der Mann, das Kind | der Herr | die Frau |
| G | wessen? | des Mannes, des Kindes | des Herrn | der Frau |
| D | wem? | dem Mann, dem Kind | dem Herrn | der Frau |
| A | wen? was? | den Mann, das Kind | den Herrn | die Frau |
Like the definite article bow and other words that stand in his place - the indefinite article, index, possessive pronoun or negative, etc.
In plural including all nouns are inclined equally, regardless of the kind or type declension in the singular. In the dative, they obtained the ending -n , if you do not end in -n or -s in the nominative. Indefinite article in plural those not used, and the rest accompany the words change as the definite article.
Nouns tend the four cases will . This nominative, genitive, dative and accusative (Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ).
| die- | strong inducement - Male genus | Strong declension - neuter | feminine | |
| definite article | Nominative (Nominativ) | der Schüler | das Kind | die Lehrerin |
| Accusative ( Akkusativ) | den Schüler | das Kind | die Lehrerin | |
| indefinite article | Nom. | ein Schüler | ein Kind | eine Lehrerin |
| Akk. | einen Schüler | ein Kind | eine Lehrerin | |
| Pointing pronoun | Nom. | dieser Schüler | dises Kind | diese Lehrerin |
| Akk. | diesen Schüler | dieses Kind | diese Lehrerin |
| die- | masculine | Neuter | feminine | |
| Defined article | Nom. | die Schüler | die Kinder | die Lehrerinnen |
| Akk. | die Schüler | die Kinder | die Lehrerinnen | |
| indefinite article | Nom. | Schüler | Kinder | Lehrerinnen |
| Akk. | Schüler | Kinder | Lehrerinnen | |
| Pointing pronoun | Nom. | diese Schüler | diese Kinder | diese Lehrerinnen |
| Akk. | diese Schüler | diese Kinder | diese Lehrerinnen |
Form accusative mortality differs from the nominative case only the masculine noun in the singular: articles are in the form den , einen , and demonstrative принимает окончание артикля -n .