First declension

The first declension includes adjectives that are accompanied by the definite article. They are inflected as follows.

	singular
	masculine		feminine		neuter
nominative	der	gute Vater	die	gute Mutter	das	gute Kind
genitive	des	guten Vaters	der	guten Mutter	des	guten Kinds
dative	dem	guten Vater	der	guten Mutter	dem	guten Kind
accusative	den	guten Vater	die	gute Mutter	das	gute Kind

	plural
	masculine		feminine		neuter
nominative	die	guten Väter	die	guten Mütter	die	guten Kinder
genitive	der	guten Väter	der	guten Mütter	der	guten Kinder
dative	den	guten Vätern	den	guten Müttern	den	guten Kindern
accusative	die	guten Väter	die	guten Mütter	die	guten Kinder

In the first declension, only two endings are used : -e and –en. In the nominative singular of all genders and in the accusative singular of masculine and feminine adjectives, the ending –e is used. All other forms end in-en.

	singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-e	-e	-e
genitive	-en	-en	-en
dative	-en	-en	-en
accusative	-en	-e	-e

	plural
nominative	-en
genitive
dative
accusative

An adjective is also inflected according to the rules of the first declension when it is accompanied with specific words, other than the definite article.