The Accusative Definite and Indefinite Articles
What is the Accusative Case? O Used to indicate direct objects in a sentence. O Direct objects receive the action of the verb. O Also used following certain prepositions. O The masculine article and pronoun changes its appearance in this Case.
Direct Objects O We have them and use them in English and auf Deutsch. O A Direct Object receives the action of the verb. O Franz bought the CD. O Franz is the subject. He controls the action of the sentence. O bought is the action. O The CD is being bought. It is receiving the action of the verb. It is the direct object. O The noun or the pronoun identified as the Direct Object is put into the Accusative Case. O Articles and/or pronouns change appearance to reflect this.
Articles O There are 2 main types of articles auf Deutsch: O Definite = the O Indefinite = a/an O The following charts show what they look like according to: O gender – masculine, feminine, neuter O number – singular or plural O case – nominative or accusative
Definite Articles
Masculine
Definite Articles MasculineFeminine
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuter
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative der
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdie
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedas
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative den
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendie
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendiedas
Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendiedasdie
Indefinite Articles
Masculine
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminine
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuter
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative ein
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineine
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineein
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative einen
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneine
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneineein
Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneineeinkeine