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Foundation Tier - Nouns Flashcards

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1
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The German Case System;
The Cases

(4 marks)

A
  • Nominative
  • Accusative
  • Genitive
  • Dative
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Examples of German Nouns + Translations

8 marks

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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

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  • Masculine
  • Feminine
  • Neutral/plural is gender free.
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Singular & Plural forms
including Genitive Singular + Dative Plural

(10 marks)

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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)

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Herr - Lord

Junge - Boy

Mensch - Man

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Examples of Adjectives Used as Nouns

(6 marks)

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ein Deutscher - a German (man)

eine Deutsche - a German (woman)

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Nominative Case

3 marks

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Answers “wer?” or “who?”

  • Describes the subject of a sentence.
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Masculine Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

A

Der - The

Ein - A

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Feminine Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

A

Die - The

Eine - A

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Neuter Examples of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(4 marks)

A

Das - The

Ein - A

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Plural Example of a Nominative Nouns
(der Nominativ)

(2 marks)

A

Die - The

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Accusative Case

3 marks

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Answers “wen?” or “whom?”

  • Describes the direct object of a sentence.
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Masculine Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

A

Den - The

Einen - A

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Feminine Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

A

Die - The

Eine - A

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Neuter Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(4 marks)

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Das - The

Ein - A

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Dative Case

7 marks

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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)

A

Dem - The

Einem - A

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Feminine Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(4 marks)

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Der - The

Einer - A

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Neuter Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(4 marks)

A

Dem - The

Einem - A

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Plural Examples of Dative Nouns
(Der Dative)

(2 marks)

A

Den - The

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The Genitive Case

9 marks

A

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

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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)

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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

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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

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She bought me a book
Government is an art

  • no specific book or art is mentioned making ‘a’ or ‘an’ an indirect article.
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Masculine Definite Articles (THE)

8 marks

A

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

27
Q

Feminine Definite Articles (THE)

8 marks

A

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

28
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Neuter Definite Articles (THE)

8 marks

A

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

29
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Plural Definite Articles (THE)

8 marks

A

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

30
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Masculine Indefinite Articles (A/AN)

9 marks

A

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

31
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Feminine Indefinite Articles (A/AN)

9 marks

A

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

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Neuter Indefinite Articles (A/AN)

9marks

A

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

33
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Plural Indefinite Article (NO/NONE/NEITHER)

1 mark

A

Accusative: Keine

35
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The Nominative Case is used for

4 marks

A

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.

36
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The Accusative Case is for

4 marks

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Direct objects - the person or thing that receives the action.

E.g “the girl kicks the ball”, “the ball” is the direct object.

37
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The Dative Case is for

4 marks

A

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.

38
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Sentence subjects

1 mark

A

The person or thing that does the action.

39
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Indirect objects

1 mark

A

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

40
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Direct objects

1 mark

A

The person or thing that receives the action.

41
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The Genitive Case is used to

3 marks

A

Express possession

  • In English, we show possession with an apostrophe + s “the girl’s ball”.
42
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Prepositions that always take the accusative case:

14 marks

A

Durch - through

Bis - until

Für - for

Ohne - without

Entlang - along

Gegen -against

Um - around

43
Q

Several prepositions take the dative case:

14 marks

A

aus - out

auβer -besides

bei - next to

mit - with

nach - after

seit - since

von - from

zu - to

gegenüber - opposite

44
Q

Always take the Dative Case

12 marks

A

antworten -to answer

danken - to thank

glauben -to believe

helfen - to help

gehören - belong to

gefallen - to like

45
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘I’

8 marks

A

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

46
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘We’

8 marks

A

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

47
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘You’

8 marks

A

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

48
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘You’ Plural

8 marks

A

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

49
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘He’

8 marks

A

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

50
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘She’

8 marks

A

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

51
Q

Personal Pronouns - ‘It’

8 marks

A

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

52
Q

Personal Pronouns- ‘They’

8 marks

A

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

53
Q

The Genitive Case VS The Dative Case;
The Genitive Case - “My Father’s house”

(3 marks)

A

Das Haus meines Vaters (My father’s house)

  • The genitive case is common in written German.
54
Q

The Genitive Case VS The Dative Case
The Dative Case - “My Fathers house”

(3 marks)

A

Das Haus von meinem Vater (My father’s house)

  • The dative case often replaces the genitive case in spoken German.
55
Q

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)

A

Die Frau, or the woman.

56
Q

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)

A

einen Apfel - the direct object is the accusative case.

Das Kind - the subject + takes the nominative case.

57
Q

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)

A

dir - Dative indirect object

58
Q

Genitive Case rules

5 marks

A

Masculine + Neuter forms require -s or -es ending.

  • Single syllable words take an -es ending
  • Multiple syllable words take an -s ending
59
Q

Translate; Name the Genitive Case + Possessive Pronoun

Das Buch meines Bruders

(6 marks)

A

My brother’s book

  • es in ‘meines’ (my) - Genitive possessive pronoun
  • s In ‘bruders’ (brother’s) - 2 syllable word -s used instead of -es
60
Q

Plural Examples of Accusative Nouns
(der Akkusativ)

(2 marks)

A

Die - The

61
Q

It is not possible to have a plural for

2 marks

A

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

62
Q

The Negative Form of an Indefinite Article

4 marks

A

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

63
Q

Change in the same way as ein + kein:

20 marks

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

CCEA GCSE German: Grammar, Structure & Vocabulary (16 decks)

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