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die Stadt

city / town

Nominative Sg.die Stadt

Genitive Sg.der Stadt

Nominative Plural

die Städte

Dative Pluralden Städten

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

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 Stadt	Städte
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Stadt	Städte
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Stadt	Städten
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Stadt	Städte

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

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

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.
Dative plural adds -n to the plural stem: Städte → Städten.

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 Stadt hat einen schönen alten Marktplatz.

The town has a beautiful old market square.

Dative

In der Stadt gibt es viele kleine Cafés und Museen.

In the city, there are many small cafés and museums.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

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FAQs: die Stadt

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

"Stadt" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Stadt). Gender cue: Lexical gender — memorize together with its article.

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

The Nominative plural of die Stadt is "die Städte" (pattern: ¨-e). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Städten".

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

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