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Nouns and cases

die n-Deklination

In English: n-declension (weak masculine nouns)

A group of masculine nouns that add -n or -en in every form except the nominative singular. It includes many persons and animals in -e (der Junge, der Kollege, der Löwe) and nouns in -ent, -ist, -ant, plus der Herr and der Mensch.

Example: Ich kenne den Studenten. Sie spricht mit dem Jungen.

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die Deklination das Maskulinum das substantivierte Adjektiv

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