e.g. (der Kunde - customer)
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | Kunde | Kunden |
Accusative | Kunden | Kunden |
Genitive | Kunden | Kunden |
Dative | Kunden | Kunden |
Other nouns declined this way:
der Bote - messenger
der Falke - falcon
der Held - hero
der Junge - boy
der Kollege - colleague
der Ochse - ox
der Rabe - raven
der Riese - giant
der Russe - Russian
A small subset of nouns in this class are declined in the same way except that they take an -ns ending in the genitive singular
e.g. (der Name - name)
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | Name | Namen |
Accusative | Namen | Namen |
Genitive | Namens | Namen |
Dative | Namen | Namen |
There are only a handful of nouns declined this way in contemporary German. The only ones encountered with any frequency are the following:
der Buchstabe - letter (of the alphabet)
der Gedanke - thought
der Glaube - belief, faith
der Name - name
der Wille - will
The following are also occasionally encountered:
der Friede - peace
der Funke - spark (of fire, electricity)
der Same - seed
but alternative contemporary forms are more common nowadays:
der Frieden
der Funken
der Samen