KAPITEL 3 | TEIL 6 - DATIVE PREPOSITIONS |

A. Dative endings (Dativendungen)

Here is a quick overview of the endings of der-words and ein-words and adjective endings in the dative case.

unpreceded adjectives in the dative case

masculine

neuter

feminine

plural

gutem Fisch

kaltem Wasser

frischer Butter

schönen Früchten

adjectives preceded by der-words in the dative case

masculine

neuter

feminine

plural

dem guten Mann

diesem guten Mann

dem jungen Kind

diesem jungen Kind

der netten Frau

dieser netten Frau

den tollen Leuten

diesen tollen Leuten

adjectives preceded by ein-words in the dative case

masculine

neuter

feminine

plural

einem guten Mann

ihrem guten Mann

einem jungen Kind

unserem jungen Kind

einer netten Frau

deiner netten Frau

keinen tollen Leuten

euren tollen Leuten

Remember:
Plural nouns in the dative case add
-n, except for nouns already ending in -n in the plural (such as Reisen, Fahrradtouren) and foreign nouns ending in -s in the plural (such as Autos, Radios).