Nominative in German Grammar – Complete Declension Tables
- Table: Articles, Adjectives and Nouns in Nominative
- Table: Pronouns in Nominative
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Introduction
The nominative case (1. Fall or Wer-Fall in German) is the basic form of articles, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. The subject of a sentence is always in the nominative case. We can find the nominative case by asking wer/was – Who/what is performing the action?
Master articles, adjectives, nouns and pronouns in their basic form with Lingolia’s complete tables for the nominative case. In the exercises, you can practise what you have learnt.
Table: Articles, Adjectives and Nouns in Nominative
definite article* |
indefinite article, kein, | no article | |
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masculine | der nette Vater | ein netter Vater | netter Vater |
feminine | die nette Mutter | eine nette Mutter | nette Mutter |
neuter | das nette Kind | ein nettes Kind | nettes Kind |
plural | die netten Eltern | meine netten Eltern | nette Eltern |
*Adjectives that come after the following words are declined exactly the same as after the definite article: derselbe, dieser, jener, mancher, solcher, welcher, alle.
- Example:
- Jeder gute Schüler muss im Unterricht aufpassen.Every good pupil must pay attention in class.
(but: Ein guter Schüler muss im Unterricht aufpassen.A good pupil must pay attention in class.)
Table: Pronouns in Nominative
personal pronouns | dependent possessive pronouns | independent possessive pronouns | ||||
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masc. + neuter | fem. + plural | masculine | neuter | fem. + plural | ||
1st person sing. | ich | mein | meine | meiner | meins | meine |
2nd person sing. | du | dein | deine | deiner | deins | deine |
3rd person sing. (m) | er | sein | seine | seiner | seins | seine |
3rd person sing. (f) | sie | ihr | ihre | ihrer | ihr(e)s | ihre |
3rd person sing. (n) | es | sein | seine | seiner | seins | seine |
1st person plural | wir | unser | unsere | uns(e)rer | unseres | unsere |
2nd person plural | ihr | euer | eure | eu(e)rer | eures | eure |
3rd person plural | sie | ihr | ihre | ihrer | ihr(e)s | ihre |