Der-Wörter – Articles that Decline like Der
Der-Wörter
Recall that determiners are words, which precede nouns in order to give more precise information about them. Der-words are determiners that behave, grammatically speaking, like definite articles (i.e., der, die, das). They include:
| dieser | this |
| jeder | each, every (singular only) |
| jener | that |
| mancher | many (a) |
| solcher | such (a) |
| welcher | which |
| alle | all (plural of jeder) |
Like definite articles, der-words agree with the nouns they introduce in terms of gender, number and case.
| Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Genitive | ||
| Masculine | dieser Mann | diesen Mann | diesem Mann | dieses Mannes | |
| Feminine | diese Frau | diese Frau | dieser Frau | dieser Frau | |
| Neuter | dieses Kind | dieses Kind | diesem Kind | dieses Kindes | |
| Plural | diese Menschen | diese Menschen | diesen Menschen | dieser Menschen |
