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With the nominative and accusative mastered, it is time to complete your knowledge of German adjective endings with the dative and genitive cases. The good news: both of these cases have remarkably simple adjective endings.
In the dative case, all adjective endings are -en, regardless of gender, number, or declension type:
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weak (after dem/der/dem/den) | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| Mixed (after einem/einer/einem/keinen) | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| Strong (no article) | -em | -er | -em | -en |
For weak and mixed declension, the answer is always -en. Only strong declension (no article) requires the adjective to carry the case signal: -em (masculine/neuter) and -er (feminine).
| Gender | Article + Adjective + Noun |
|---|---|
| Masculine | dem großen Mann |
| Feminine | der großen Frau |
| Neuter | dem großen Haus |
| Plural | den großen Häusern |
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