CentralNotice German articles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search German grammar Nouns Verbs Articles Adjectives Pronouns Adverbial phrases Conjugation Sentence structure Declension Modal particle v t e German articles are used similarly to the English articles , a and the . However, they are declined differently according to the number , gender , and case of their nouns. 1 Declension 1.1 Indefinite article 1.2 Definite article 2 Possessive "article-like" pronouns 3 Genitive and dative cases 4 External links Declension [ edit ] The inflected forms depend on the number, the case and the gender of the corresponding noun. Articles have the same plural forms for all three genders. Indefinite article [ edit ] Declension of the indefinite article ( ein ) and negative article ( kein ). Keep in mind that ein...