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When to use which pronoun declination: mein, meiner, meine, meins, etc
I learned that a pronoun should take an ending in accordance with its gender, case, numerus, etc. whenever it refers to some noun in particular - 'Das Auto ist meins' for example. So in the following ...
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“Kindern”, dative plural - What other words reflect that flexion in the plural form
I practice German cases sentences to learn by heart, but I have stumbled across a form that I don't think it is so common.
Ich sprach mit den kleinen Kindern.
In this sentence, the plural form ...
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“Vor einer langen Zeit”: why einer and not einen?
In one lesson from the software Memrise, there is the sentence Vor einer langen Zeit.
(but there are not so many matches when I google it)
If ever the sentence is correct and common, I don't ...
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Adjective declension in “Wir haben große Fernseher”
I just started to learn German declension. According to that site an adjective should end in '-en' for plural nouns. But I also found this Wikipedia entry which says that attributive adjectives should ...
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Is the plural form of “Oscar” “Oscars” or “Oscare”?
I was wondering how to decline an English loanword like "Oscar". I know that there are no fixed rules. Sometimes the native declination is adopted, sometimes words are declined according to ...
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Deklination eines Adjektivs zwischen Zahlwort und Nomen
Wenn in einem Satz die Rede von sämtlichen Dingen (plural) ist und zwischen sämtliche und dem Nomen ein Adjektiv ist: Endet dieses auf -en oder auf -e?
Beispiel:
Heisst es
XY erfüllt sämtliche ...
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What is the rule for adding -n in the dativ plural case?
I have the feeling that this is correct:
mit guten Ergebnissen
and this is not correct:
mit guten Ergebnisse
But I don't really know a rule here for other nouns, e.g. "mit guten Bäumen"? ...
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How do I decline “jemand” or “niemand”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Beugt man jemand oder niemand mit Endung?
The declension of indefinitve pronouns "jemand" or "niemand" seems not to follow strict rules. I can read all of the following:
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