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die Ethik

ethics

Nominative Sg.die Ethik

Genitive Sg.der Ethik

Nominative Plural

die Ethiken

Dative Pluralden Ethiken

Gender / Plural CueSuffix -ik -> nearly always feminine (die)

Full 4-Case Declension Table

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Definite (der / die / das): Used for specific, already known, or general-category nouns.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	die Ethik	die Ethiken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Ethik	die Ethiken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Ethik	den Ethiken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Ethik	der Ethiken

Indefinite (ein / eine): Used when introducing a countable singular noun; has no plural article in German.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	eine Ethik	Ethiken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Ethik	Ethiken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Ethik	Ethiken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Ethik	Ethiken

Negative (kein / keine): Negates nouns with or without an indefinite article; follows ein-words in singular and die in plural.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	keine Ethik	keine Ethiken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	keine Ethik	keine Ethiken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	keiner Ethik	keinen Ethiken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	keiner Ethik	keiner Ethiken

Possessive (mein / dein / …): Uses ein-word endings in singular and definite-like endings in plural (mein/dein/sein/ihr/unser/euer/Ihr).

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	meine Ethik	meine Ethiken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	meine Ethik	meine Ethiken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	meiner Ethik	meinen Ethiken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	meiner Ethik	meiner Ethiken

Why These Endings Work

All feminine (die) nouns stay completely unchanged in the singular across Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive.

Feminine nouns never change their own ending in the singular across all four cases.
Plural "Ethiken" already ends in -n or -s, so Dative plural stays Ethiken.

Pattern summary: Only the article changes in singular (die / die / der / der); plural takes -n in Dative unless ending in -n or -s.

Example Sentences in Context

Nominative

Die Ethik fragt, wie wir richtig handeln sollen.

Ethics asks how we ought to act rightly.

Genitive

Fragen der Ethik spielen in der Medizin eine große Rolle.

Questions of ethics play a major role in medicine.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

Check "Ethik" in Der/Die/Das Checker Analyze in Compound Deconstructor Inspect Example in Sentence Analyzer

German Gender & ArticlesPredict der, die, das with high-frequency endings The Four German CasesNominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive roles Noun Plurals & Dative -nPlural patterns and the Dative plural -n rule Dative Case GuideIndirect objects, prepositions, and der + feminine nouns

FAQs: die Ethik

Is "Ethik" der, die, or das in German?

"Ethik" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Ethik). Gender cue: Suffix -ik -> nearly always feminine (die).

What is the plural and Dative plural of "die Ethik"?

The Nominative plural of die Ethik is "die Ethiken" (pattern: -en). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Ethiken".

How does "die Ethik" change in the Genitive, Accusative, and Dative?

As a feminine noun, "Ethik" keeps the exact same stem in all four singular cases; only the article changes (die Ethik / die Ethik / der Ethik / der Ethik).