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die Ressource

resource

Nominative Sg.die Ressource

Genitive Sg.der Ressource

Nominative Plural

die Ressourcen

Dative Pluralden Ressourcen

Gender / Plural CueNouns ending in -e are mostly 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 Ressource	die Ressourcen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Ressource	die Ressourcen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Ressource	den Ressourcen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Ressource	der Ressourcen

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

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

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

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

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

Dative

Wir müssen sparsam mit natürlichen Ressourcen umgehen.

We must use natural resources sparingly.

Genitive

Der Schutz der Ressourcen geht uns alle an.

Protecting resources concerns us all.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

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

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FAQs: die Ressource

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

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

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

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

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

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