German Grammar
German Nouns and Articles
Nouns (Substantive/Nomen) are naming words for people, places, things, and ideas in German. They are always capitalized, have grammatical gender shown by articles, and change form based on case. This page provides links to comprehensive guides on all noun and article topics.
Articles & Gender
Definite, indefinite, and negative articles with complete declension tables
Patterns for determining noun gender based on meaning and endings
Mein, dein, sein, ihr and other possessive forms that work like articles
Noun Forms & Cases
How nouns and articles change in nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive
Five patterns for forming plurals with umlauts and different endings
Special masculine nouns that add -(e)n in all cases except nominative
How adjectives change their endings when used with nouns
Related Topics
Words that replace nouns, including personal, demonstrative, and relative pronouns
Words that determine which case nouns take (accusative, dative, or genitive)
Creating adjectives from nouns and other word types