Nominative in German Grammar – Complete Declension Tables

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, possessive determiner (mein…)	no article
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
	personal pronouns	masc. + neuter	fem. + plural	masculine	neuter	fem. + plural
1^st person sing.	ich	mein	meine	meiner	meins	meine
2^nd person sing.	du	dein	deine	deiner	deins	deine
3^rd person sing. (m)	er	sein	seine	seiner	seins	seine
3^rd person sing. (f)	sie	ihr	ihre	ihrer	ihr(e)s	ihre
3^rd person sing. (n)	es	sein	seine	seiner	seins	seine
1^st person plural	wir	unser	unsere	uns(e)rer	unseres	unsere
2^nd person plural	ihr	euer	eure	eu(e)rer	eures	eure
3^rd person plural	sie	ihr	ihre	ihrer	ihr(e)s	ihre