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The indefinite pronoun manch-
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Meaning : The pronoun mancher indicates a set of individual persons or things of the same kind.
Function : The pronoun mancher is used either as a pronoun in the place of a noun or as an article.
The pronoun mancher is inflected as follows.
singular
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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 |
mancher
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manche
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manches
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manche
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genitive |
manches*
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mancher
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manches*
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mancher
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dative |
manchem
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mancher
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manchem
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manchen
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accusative |
manchen
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manche
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manches
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manche
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* In the genitive case singular of the masculine and neuter gender there is also the type manchen. This type is only used when the noun that follows forms the genitive with the suffixes -s / -es.
Examples | |
Mancher wollte das alles nicht glauben. | Manche ungeklärten Fragen blieben noch übrig. |
Manchen fällt es gar nicht so schwer. | In mancher Hinsicht ist es besser. |
Manchem haben seine Worte gut getan. | Manche Leute sind dafür, andere dagegen. |
Manche mussten wieder umkehren. | An manchen Tagen fällt mir das Arbeiten schwer. |
pronoun | article |
The non-inflected type manch
The non-inflected type manch
1. can precede the word andere
Example |
Ist ein Hamster besser als manch andere Tiere? |
2. can precede an adjective and a noun
Example |
Sie haben schon manch gute Idee in eine brillante verwandelt. |
3. combined with the indefinite article, it can be used as a synonym of mancher, manche, manches. The variation manch einer, manch eine, manch ein(e)s has only singular number types. It is inflected like the indefinite pronoun einer.
It is used either as a pronoun in the place of a noun or as an article.
Examples | |
Ältere Leute sind leistungsfähiger, als manch einer glaubt. | Mit manch einem WG-Mitbewohner ist der "Zoff" vorprogrammiert! |
pronoun | article |