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

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