Nominativ and Akkusativ

Nominativ und Akkusativ

A1German grammar, level A1 · topic 6 of 19Free

Who does it, and who or what is it done to? Only masculine words change: der → den.

The Nominativ is the subject: the person or thing that does something (Wer? Was?). The Akkusativ is the direct object: the person or thing the action is done to (Wen? Was?). Only masculine words change in the Akkusativ: der becomes den, ein becomes einen.

Articles in the Nominativ and Akkusativ

casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
Nominativder · ein · keindie · eine · keinedas · ein · keindie · – · keine
Akkusativden · einen · keinendie · eine · keinedas · ein · keindie · – · keine

Questions

casefor a personfor a thing
NominativWer?Was?
AkkusativWen?Was?

✦ In the stories, switch on Grammar: every subject shows NOM and every object shows AKK.

Examples from the stories

See also

Practise it with stories

Every example comes from a DeutschKatha story. On DeutschKatha you can hear each sentence and see which case every word is in.