Special Case n-Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Mensch	die Menschen
Accusative	den Menschen	die Menschen
Dative	dem Menschen	den Menschen
Genitive	des Menschen	der Menschen

• All nouns in the n-declension are masculine.
• They always have the ending -en, except in the nominative singular.
• These nouns never have an umlaut in the plural.

Part of the n-declension are: 

1. All masculine nouns ending on -e

a) Animals

Hase

Affe

Ochse

Löwe

Affe

Bulle

Rabe

[...]

b) Denominations of people

Bote

Kollege

Experte

Junge

Kunde

Neffe

Zeuge

[...]

c) All inhabitants of countries ending on -e (except der Deutsche/die Deutsche = adjective declension)

Brite

Franzose

Tscheche

Chinese

Türke

Schotte

Russe

[...]

3. All masculine noun with the endings -and, -ant, -ent, -ist, -oge, -at

Doktorand

Elefant

Student

Pianist

Biologe

Soldat

[...]

4. Many denominations for people

Nachbar

Rebell

Prinz

Graf

Bauer

Held

Herr

[...]

5. Others (many words of Greek derivation)

Fotograf

Philosoph

Katholik

Architekt

Satellit

Monarch

Seismograph

[...]

Exceptions: 

• Genitive on -ns, -n elsewhere: Friede, Glaube, Name, Buchstabe, Gedanke 

• Herz: das Herz, das Herz, dem Herzen, des Herzens, (Pl.) die Herzen