Noun reference

немец

German (person)

Masculine · Animate

Masculine hard consonant

Case paradigm

Singular and plural together

Compare each case across both numbers. The forms below are the noun's stored reference paradigm.

Singular and plural case forms for немец
Case Singular Plural
Nominative немец немцы
Accusative немца немцев
Genitive немца немцев
Dative немцу немцам
Instrumental немцем немцами
Prepositional немце немцах

Form pattern

How the forms are built

The paradigm above is authoritative. These notes expose a transparent ending change only when the stored declension family supports one.

Genitive · Singular немец → немца

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular немец This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural немец → немцы The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular немец → немца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Plural немец → немцев The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular немец → немца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural немец → немцев The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular немец → немцу The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural немец → немцам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular немец → немцем The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural немец → немцами The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular немец → немце The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural немец → немцах The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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