Editing German grammar (section)

==Nouns==
{{main|German nouns}}

===Gender===
{{main|Grammatical gender in German}}

Students of German are often advised to learn German nouns with their accompanying [[Article (grammar)|definite article]], as the definite article of a German noun corresponds to the gender of the noun. However, the meaning or form, especially the ending, of a noun can be used to recognize 80% of noun genders.{{sfn|Durrell|Hammer|2002|pp=1–10}} For instance, nouns ending in the suffixes {{lang|de|-heit}}, {{lang|de|-keit}}, {{lang|de|-ung}}, {{lang|de|-schaft}} or {{lang|de|-tät}} are always feminine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marian |first=Jakub |title=How to recognize gender in German using suffixes |url=https://jakubmarian.com/how-to-recognize-gender-in-german-using-endings/ |access-date=2020-12-29 |website=www.jakubmarian.com}}</ref>

=== Case <span class="anchor" id="Cases"></span>===
{{see also|German declension}}