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die Bank

bank (bench: plural Bänke)

Nominative Sg.die Bank

Genitive Sg.der Bank

Nominative Plural

die Banken

Dative Pluralden Banken

Gender / Plural Cuedie Bank: Banken (financial institutions) vs. Bänke (benches)

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 Bank	die Banken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Bank	die Banken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Bank	den Banken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Bank	der Banken

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 Bank	Banken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Bank	Banken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Bank	Banken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Bank	Banken

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 Bank	keine Banken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	keine Bank	keine Banken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	keiner Bank	keinen Banken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	keiner Bank	keiner Banken

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 Bank	meine Banken
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	meine Bank	meine Banken
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	meiner Bank	meinen Banken
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	meiner Bank	meiner Banken

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 "Banken" already ends in -n or -s, so Dative plural stays Banken.

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 Bank öffnet um neun Uhr.

The bank opens at nine o’clock.

Accusative

Ich rufe morgen die Bank an.

I will call the bank tomorrow.

Dative

Wir sitzen auf einer Bank im Park.

We are sitting on a bench in the park.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

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FAQs: die Bank

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

"Bank" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Bank). Gender cue: die Bank: Banken (financial institutions) vs. Bänke (benches).

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

The Nominative plural of die Bank is "die Banken" (pattern: -en). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Banken".

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

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