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die Banane

banana

Nominative Sg.die Banane

Genitive Sg.der Banane

Nominative Plural

die Bananen

Dative Pluralden Bananen

Gender / Plural CueEnding -e -> usually feminine (die)

Full 4-Case Declension Table

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Definite (der / die / das): Used for specific, already known, or general-category nouns.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	die Banane	die Bananen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Banane	die Bananen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Banane	den Bananen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Banane	der Bananen

Indefinite (ein / eine): Used when introducing a countable singular noun; has no plural article in German.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	eine Banane	Bananen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Banane	Bananen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Banane	Bananen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Banane	Bananen

Negative (kein / keine): Negates nouns with or without an indefinite article; follows ein-words in singular and die in plural.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	keine Banane	keine Bananen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	keine Banane	keine Bananen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	keiner Banane	keinen Bananen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	keiner Banane	keiner Bananen

Possessive (mein / dein / …): Uses ein-word endings in singular and definite-like endings in plural (mein/dein/sein/ihr/unser/euer/Ihr).

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	meine Banane	meine Bananen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	meine Banane	meine Bananen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	meiner Banane	meinen Bananen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	meiner Banane	meiner Bananen

Why These Endings Work

All feminine (die) nouns stay completely unchanged in the singular across Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive.

Feminine nouns never change their own ending in the singular across all four cases.
Plural "Bananen" already ends in -n or -s, so Dative plural stays Bananen.

Pattern summary: Only the article changes in singular (die / die / der / der); plural takes -n in Dative unless ending in -n or -s.

Example Sentences in Context

Nominative

Die Banane ist schon braun.

The banana is already brown.

Accusative

Mein Sohn isst jeden Tag eine Banane.

My son eats a banana every day.

Dative

Mach den Smoothie mit zwei Bananen.

Make the smoothie with two bananas.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

Check "Banane" in Der/Die/Das Checker Analyze in Compound Deconstructor Inspect Example in Sentence Analyzer

German Gender & ArticlesPredict der, die, das with high-frequency endings The Four German CasesNominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive roles Noun Plurals & Dative -nPlural patterns and the Dative plural -n rule Dative Case GuideIndirect objects, prepositions, and der + feminine nouns

FAQs: die Banane

Is "Banane" der, die, or das in German?

"Banane" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Banane). Gender cue: Ending -e -> usually feminine (die).

What is the plural and Dative plural of "die Banane"?

The Nominative plural of die Banane is "die Bananen" (pattern: -n). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Bananen".

How does "die Banane" change in the Genitive, Accusative, and Dative?

As a feminine noun, "Banane" keeps the exact same stem in all four singular cases; only the article changes (die Banane / die Banane / der Banane / der Banane).