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The Indefinite Article in the Nominative and Accusative Cases

The Indefinite Article in the Nominative and Accusative Cases.

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The Indefinite Article in the Nominative and Accusative Cases

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  1. The Indefinite Article in the Nominative and Accusative Cases

  2. Like definite articles (“the”), indefinite articles (“a” or “an”) depend on the noun’s gender and function in the sentence. In the Nominative (subject) case, there are only two indefinite articles in German: “eine” for feminine nouns, and “ein” for both masculine and neuter nouns. There is no plural indefinite article:

  3. Similar to the definite articles in the accusative case, the masculine singular form ends in “en”. The other forms stay the same as in the nominative:

  4. Let’s look at the difference between masculine nouns that are the subject of a sentence (nominative) and masculine nouns that are the direct object of a sentence (accusative): Ein Bleistift liegt auf dem Tisch. (“Ein Bleistift” is the subject.) A pencil is on the table. Ich habe einen Bleistift. (“Ein Bleistift” is now the direct object.) I have a pencil.

  5. Let’s do some practice. Determine the missing indefinite article. This exercise requires you to know the gender of the given noun. _____ Frau klopfte an die Tür. Richtig! The answer is ! (“Frau” is the subject here.) eine Ich habe ________ chilenischen Freund. Richtig! The answer is ! einen

  6. Let’s do some more practice: Ich kenne ______ Frau, die von Berlin ist. Super! The answer is ! (“Frau” is the direct object here.) eine Sie hat ________ schöne Bluse. Toll! The answer is ! (“Bluse” is the direct object here.) eine

  7. Ready for some more practice? Click here to take a quiz on indefinite articles in the Nominative and Accusative cases.

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