The first declension of nouns includes nouns of all three genders. These are inflected as follows.
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singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | der | Vater | die | Mutter | das | Kind |
| genitive | des | Vaters | der | Mutter | des | Kinds |
| dative | dem | Vater | der | Mutter | dem | Kind |
| accusative | den | Vater | die | Mutter | das | Kind |
As one can see in the table above, only masculine and neuter nouns change their form and only in the genitive case, where the ending -s or -es is added.
In the plural, nouns of the first declension are inflected as follows.
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | die | Väter | die | Mütter | die | Kinder |
| genitive | der | Väter | der | Mütter | der | Kinder |
| dative | den | Vätern | den | Müttern | den | Kindern |
| accusative | die | Väter | die | Mütter | die | Kinder |
In the dative case plural, the ending -n is added to all genders, except for nouns that end in -n or -s.
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | die | Chefs | die | Kameras | die | Autos |
| genitive | der | Chefs | der | Kameras | der | Autos |
| dative | den | Chefs | den | Kameras | den | Autos |
| accusative | die | Chefs | die | Kameras | die | Autos |
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative | die | Staaten | die | Frauen | die | Augen |
| genitive | der | Staaten | der | Frauen | der | Augen |
| dative | den | Staaten | den | Frauen | den | Augen |
| accusative | die | Staaten | die | Frauen | die | Augen |