12.11 The genitive case - articles and determiners

Genitive endings on the definite article

We can now construct the full case endings tables for the articles and determiners that we have encountered so far. Below are the case endings for the definite article for the three genders - masculine (masc.), feminine (fem.), neuter (neut.) - and for the plural:
 

Case endings for the indefinite article

The genitive endings for the indefinite article "ein" are the same as those for the definite article. There is of course no plural form.

Remember that "kein" (= not a) declines in the same way as "ein":

Examples

Note the endings on the indefinite articles in the following sentences:

 

Wir wohnen im Seitenflügel eines Altbaus.

(We live in the side wing of an old building.)

Statt einer neuen Straße gibt es hundert neue Bahnhöfe.

(Instead of one new street there are a hundred new train stations.)

Sport ist die Lösung keines Problems.

(Sport is not the solution to any problem.)