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Article	German declension
Author	Helmut Richter
published / modified	2006-03-28 / 2013-09-23
Article URL	https://hhr-m.de/de-decl/
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• Overview
• 1. Some general principles in German declension
  • Four classes – four cases
  • Sparingness of marking, “Monoflexion”
• 2. Declension patterns
  • Strong declension
  • Weak declension
  • Forms without ending
    • Words and expressions that never have an ending
    • Mandatory omission of ending
    • Optional omission of ending
  • Adjective and numeral declension
  • Noun and name declension
• 3. Declining the entire phrase
  • Subdividing the phrase into subphrases
  • Endings in the determiner subphrase
  • Endings in the adjective subphrase
  • Endings in the noun subphrase
  • Examples
• 4. Noun declension
  • Formation of plurals
  • “German-style” plural forms
  • Weak noun declension
  • Remaining cases
  • Declension of polysemes
  • Examples