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die Nachricht

message / news item

Nominative Sg.die Nachricht
Genitive Sg.der Nachricht
Nominative Plural
die Nachrichten
Dative Pluralden Nachrichten
Gender / Plural CueLexical gender — memorize together with its article

Full 4-Case Declension Table

Switch determiner types to inspect how articles and noun endings change together.

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

Case (Fall)QuestionSingularPlural
Nominative
Nominativ (Werfall)
Wer oder was?
die Nachricht
die Nachrichten
Accusative
Akkusativ (Wenfall)
Wen oder was?
die Nachricht
die Nachrichten
Dative
Dativ (Wemfall)
Wem?
der Nachricht
den Nachrichten
Genitive
Genitiv (Wesfall)
Wessen?
der Nachricht
der Nachrichten

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

Accusative

Hinterlassen Sie bitte eine Nachricht.

Please leave a message.

Genitive

Der Inhalt der Nachricht ist vertraulich.

The content of the message is confidential.

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FAQs: die Nachricht

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

"Nachricht" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Nachricht). Gender cue: Lexical gender — memorize together with its article.

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

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

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

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