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Declension Overview

Learn what declension means in German and how nouns, articles, and adjectives change their forms depending on grammatical context.

Declension in German refers to the way words change their endings to show grammatical information. Nouns, articles, and adjectives are declined based on gender, number, and case. These changes are not random but follow clear patterns that help express relationships within a sentence.

In this overview, you will learn:

  • what declension means and why it is necessary in German

  • which word types are affected by declension

  • how articles influence adjective endings

  • how declension depends on gender, number, and case

This overview provides a conceptual framework for understanding declension and prepares you to work confidently with article declension, adjective endings, and special patterns such as N-declension.

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