Had the word been a proper German word, it should have a double ss or ß ending, like das Fass.Įxamples: der Fokus (focus), der Kapitalismus (capitalism), das Leasing (leasing), der Shitstorm (the “flak”) So you add -es to make pronunciation possible:ĭer Mann des Haus es sitzt auf dem Sitz des Bus ses mit dem Deckel des Fass es(The man of the house is sitting on the seat of the bus with the lid of the barrel).īus is a weird one – but that’s more because the u would become a long u if Busses was written with one s: Buses. In these cases, you have a Zischlaut (sibilant) at the end of the word, so adding an -s wouldn’t change anything.
But what about words that end on an s? German words ending on sĮxamples: das Haus (house), der Bus (bus), das Fass (barrel)
At the bottom, there is a page with declinations of the word. However, often both -es and -s can be used, too! The easiest way to find out what you can use when you’re in doubt is to say it out loud or to check the Duden website. If it ends with -en, -em, -el, -er, or it’s a Verkleinerung (diminution), you also simply get an -s. If it ends with a vowel, simply add an -s. Whether you use – es or simply -s depends on the ending of the word. These ending letters can be called die Genitivendung (genitive ending). Don’t ask me why.:ĭie Tasche des Mann es/Mann s (the bag of the man)ĭie Tasche des Kind es/Kind s (the bag of the child).ĭie Tasche des Kapitän s(the bag of the captain). Here’s if that bag suddenly changes possession to a man or child 3 children are neuter in German. So for feminine nouns: it stays with die Tasche der Frau (the bag of the woman), not die Tasche der Frau s. However, this is the case only for masculine and neuter nouns. The Genitiv gains an -es or -s at the end. The Genitiv does not only change the article and adjectives, it also changes the end of the Genitiv itself. What I want to focus on is the -s that you get at the end of a the Genitiv. Some different stuff happens where you want to add adjectives, but we discussed this elsewhere. So in that way, German is easier! Nice and short, with either an -s or an -r ending, like so: Genitiv
Genitive case latin endings how to#
In general, if you want to know about prepositions and how to use them, I wrote an All-You-Need-To-Know article about them. It can also mean “from”, but that’s another story. The preposition von goes with the Dativ case, so that’s why we suddenly see a dem. The only other way that you will see quite frequently, actually, is von dem/der (of the), or the contracted version vom:ĭie Tasche von der Frau (the bag of the woman)ĭie Tasche von dem Mann (the bag of the man).ĭie Tasche von dem Kind (the bag of the child). But now, you created a new noun that means “a bag for women”, which in English would normally translated as “woman’s bag” 2 If you now think: But you can say “die Frauentasche”, you aren’t wrong. This alternative way of expressing the Genitive does not exist in German. 1 Old English, in fact, had four cases itself! The only remnant that’s left is the ‘s to indicate possession: The woman’s bag. Old English did this too, but modern English got rid of the Genitiv case completely. So instead of using “of” to indicate possession like in English, Germans like to keep it short and just change the article to indicate possession. For example, in the sentence die Tasche der Frau (the bag of the woman), “ der Frau” is in the Genitiv case. The Genitiv (genitive) is the possessive case in German. But don’t worry, it’s doable! Let me show you. It’s an issue even native Germans struggle with: The use of the ending -(e)s.
Genitive case latin endings Patch#
And today, I want to focus on a small patch in that jungle. In the jungle of articles, conjugations and cases, it can be daunting to get it all right. We’ve written about the Genitiv (Genitive) jungle before. For all the German learners out there, I probably don’t need to say this.
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