Answers “wem?” (whom), or “was?” (what) - Describes indirect objects, which usually receive an action from the direct object (in the accusative case)

Foundation Tier - Nouns Flashcards by Holly K

The German Case System;
The Cases

(4 marks)

Nominative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative

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Examples of German Nouns + Translations

8 marks

der Hund - the dog

die Katze - the cat

das Kaninchen - the rabbit

die Kinder - the children

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German Gender Rules

5 marks

Masculine
Feminine
Neutral/plural is gender free.

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Singular & Plural forms
including Genitive Singular + Dative Plural

(10 marks)

das Kind - the child

die Kinder - the children

die Freunde des Kindes/der Kinder - the friends of the child(ren)

mit den Kindern - with the children

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Examples of Weak Nouns:
Nominative & Accusative Singular (R)

(6 marks)

Herr - Lord

Junge - Boy

Mensch - Man

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Examples of Adjectives Used as Nouns

(6 marks)

ein Deutscher - a German (man)

eine Deutsche - a German (woman)

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Nominative Case

3 marks

Answers “wer?” or “who?”

Describes the subject of a sentence.

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Masculine Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

Der - The

Ein - A

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Feminine Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

Die - The

Eine - A

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Neuter Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

Das - The

Ein - A

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Plural Example of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(2 marks)

Die - The

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Accusative Case

3 marks

Answers “wen?” or “whom?”

Describes the direct object of a sentence.

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Masculine Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

Den - The

Einen - A

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Feminine Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

Die - The

Eine - A

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Neuter Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

Das - The

Ein - A

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Dative Case

7 marks

Answers “wem?” (whom), or “was?” (what)

Describes indirect objects, which usually receive an action from the direct object (in the accusative case)

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Masculine Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(4 marks)

Dem - The

Einem - A

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Feminine Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(4 marks)

Der - The

Einer - A

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Neuter Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(4 marks)

Dem - The

Einem - A

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Plural Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(2 marks)

Den - The

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The Genitive Case

9 marks

Answers “wessen?” or “whose?” - mainly in written German

In spoken German, you’ll hear von (from)+ the dative case instead of the genitive case
or the Dative Case with the Genitive prepositions

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Definite article

2 mark

The word ‘the’

limits the meaning of a noun to one particular thing.

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Example of a Definite Article
Explained

(2 marks)

Your friend might ask, “Are you going to the party this weekend?”

The definite article tells you that your friend is referring to a specific party that both of you know about.

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Indefinite Article

3 marks

The word ‘a’ or ‘an’

used before a noun to define it as something non-specific

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Examples of Indefinite Articles | 3 marks

She bought me a book Government is an art - no specific book or art is mentioned making ‘a’ or ‘an’ an indirect article.

Masculine Definite Articles (THE) | 8 marks

Nominative: Der Accusative: Den Dative: Dem Genitive: Des

Feminine Definite Articles (THE) | 8 marks

Nominative: Die Accusative: Die Dative: Der Genitive: Der

Neuter Definite Articles (THE) | 8 marks

Nominative: Das Accusative: Das Dative: Dem Genitive: Des

Plural Definite Articles (THE) | 8 marks

Nominative: Die Accusative: Die Dative: Den Genitive: Der

Masculine Indefinite Articles (A/AN) | 9 marks

Nominative: Eine Accusative: Einen/Keinen Dative: Einem Genitive: Eines

Feminine Indefinite Articles (A/AN) | 9 marks

Nominative: Eine Accusative: Eine/Keine Dative: Einer Genitive: Einer

Neuter Indefinite Articles (A/AN) | 9marks

Nominative: Ein Accusative: Ein/Kein Dative: Einem Genitive: Eines

Plural Indefinite Article (NO/NONE/NEITHER) | 1 mark

Accusative: Keine

The Nominative Case is used for | 4 marks

Sentence subjects - the person or thing that does the action. E.g in the sentence, “the girl kicks the ball”, “the girl” is the subject.

The Accusative Case is for | 4 marks

Direct objects - the person or thing that receives the action. E.g “the girl kicks the ball”, “the ball” is the direct object.

The Dative Case is for | 4 marks

Indirect objects - the person or thing who “gets” the direct object. E.g “The girl kicks the ball to the boy”, “the boy” is the indirect object.

Sentence subjects | 1 mark

The person or thing that does the action.

Indirect objects | 1 mark

The person or thing who “gets” the direct object.

Direct objects | 1 mark

The person or thing that receives the action.

The Genitive Case is used to | 3 marks

Express possession - In English, we show possession with an apostrophe + s “the girl's ball”.

Prepositions that always take the accusative case: | 14 marks

Durch - through Bis - until Für - for Ohne - without Entlang - along Gegen -against Um - around

Several prepositions take the dative case: | 14 marks

aus - out auβer -besides bei - next to mit - with nach - after seit - since von - from zu - to gegenüber - opposite

Always take the Dative Case | 12 marks

antworten -to answer danken - to thank glauben -to believe helfen - to help gehören - belong to gefallen - to like

Personal Pronouns - ‘I’ | 8 marks

Nominative: Ich Accusative: Mich Dative: Mir Genitive: Mein

Personal Pronouns - ‘We’ | 8 marks

Nominative: Wir Accusative: Uns Dative: Uns Genitive: Unser

Personal Pronouns - ‘You’ | 8 marks

Nominative: Du Accusative: Dich Dative: Dir Genitive: Dein

Personal Pronouns - ‘You’ Plural | 8 marks

Nominative: Ihr Accusative: Euch Dative: Euch Genitive: Euer

Personal Pronouns - ‘He’ | 8 marks

Nominative: Er Accusative: ihn Dative: ihm Genitive: Sein

Personal Pronouns - ‘She’ | 8 marks

Nominative: sie Accusative: sie Dative: ihr Genitive: ihr

Personal Pronouns - ‘It’ | 8 marks

Nominative: es Accusative: es Dative: ihm Genitive: sein

Personal Pronouns- ‘They’ | 8 marks

Nominative: sie Accusative: sie Dative: ihnen Genitive: ihre

The Genitive Case VS The Dative Case; The Genitive Case - “My Father’s house” (3 marks)

Das Haus meines Vaters (My father's house) - The genitive case is common in written German.

The Genitive Case VS The Dative Case The Dative Case - “My Fathers house” (3 marks)

Das Haus von meinem Vater (My father's house) - The dative case often replaces the genitive case in spoken German.

Nominative Case practice; (Eine) Frau lebt in Deutschland - The (a) woman lives in Germany. In this example what is the subject of the sentence? (3 marks)

Die Frau, or the woman.

Accusative Case practice Das Kind isst einen Apfel - The child eats an apple. In this sentence what is the Accusative + the Nominative Case? (4 marks)

einen Apfel - the direct object is the accusative case. Das Kind - the subject + takes the nominative case.

Dative Case practice; Ich (subject) schenke dir eine Blume (accusative direct object) - I'm (subject) giving you (indirect object) a flower (direct object). What is the Dative Case in this sentence? (2 marks)

dir - Dative indirect object

Genitive Case rules | 5 marks

Masculine + Neuter forms require -s or -es ending. - Single syllable words take an -es ending - Multiple syllable words take an -s ending

Translate; Name the Genitive Case + Possessive Pronoun Das Buch meines Bruders (6 marks)

My brother's book - es in ‘meines’ (my) - Genitive possessive pronoun - s In ‘bruders’ (brother’s) - 2 syllable word -s used instead of -es

Plural Examples of Accusative Nouns (der Akkusativ) (2 marks)

Die - The

It is not possible to have a plural for | 2 marks

The indefinite article 'a' - for instance you cannot say 'a things'.

The Negative Form of an Indefinite Article | 4 marks

ein (a) - is kein (not a), does have a plural form keine, which means 'no things'.

Change in the same way as ein + kein: | 20 marks

``` mein – my dein – your (informal, singular) sein – his ihr – her unser – our euer – your (informal, plural) Ihr – your (formal, singular and plural) ihr – their ```