die · Feminine (Femininum)B2Feminine DeclensionStudy & Grammar

die Folie

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Nominative Sg.die Folie

Genitive Sg.der Folie

Nominative Plural

die Folien

Dative Pluralden Folien

Gender / Plural CueNouns ending in -e are mostly feminine (die)

Full 4-Case Declension Table

Switch determiner types to inspect how articles and noun endings change together.

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 Folie	die Folien
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Folie	die Folien
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Folie	den Folien
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Folie	der Folien

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 Folie	Folien
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Folie	Folien
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Folie	Folien
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Folie	Folien

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 Folie	keine Folien
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	keine Folie	keine Folien
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	keiner Folie	keinen Folien
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	keiner Folie	keiner Folien

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 Folie	meine Folien
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	meine Folie	meine Folien
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	meiner Folie	meinen Folien
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	meiner Folie	meiner Folien

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 "Folien" already ends in -n or -s, so Dative plural stays Folien.

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 Folie fasst die Kernpunkte zusammen.

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Dative

Auf der nächsten Folie sehen Sie die Ergebnisse.

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Interactive Tools & Related Guides

Check "Folie" 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 Folie

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

"Folie" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Folie). Gender cue: Nouns ending in -e are mostly feminine (die).

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

The Nominative plural of die Folie is "die Folien" (pattern: -n). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Folien".

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

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