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Third declension
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The third declension includes adjectives that are not accompanied by an article. They are inflected as follows.
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singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | guter Vater | gute Mutter | gutes Kind | |||
| genitive | guten Vaters | guter Mutter | guten Kinds | |||
| dative | gutem Vater | guter Mutter | gutem Kind | |||
| accusative | guten Vater | gute Mutter | gutes Kind | |||
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | gute Väter | gute Mütter | gute Kinder | |||
| genitive | guter Väter | guter Mütter | guter Kinder | |||
| dative | guten Vätern | guten Müttern | guten Kindern | |||
| accusative | gute Väter | gute Mütter | gute Kinder | |||
In the third declension, the endings -er, -e, -es, -em and -en are used.
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singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative |
-er
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-e
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-es
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| genitive |
-en
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-er
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-en
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| dative |
-em
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-er
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-em
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| accusative |
-en
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-e
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-es
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plural
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| nominative |
-e
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| genitive |
-er
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| dative |
-en
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| accusative |
-e
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Furthermore, an adjective is also inflected according to the rules of the third declension, when it is accompanied by certain words.