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die Tante

aunt

Nominative Sg.die Tante

Genitive Sg.der Tante

Nominative Plural

die Tanten

Dative Pluralden Tanten

Gender / Plural CueNatural female gender (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 Tante	die Tanten
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Tante	die Tanten
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Tante	den Tanten
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Tante	der Tanten

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

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

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

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

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

Meine Tante arbeitet als Ärztin.

My aunt works as a doctor.

Accusative

Kennst du meine Tante aus Wien?

Do you know my aunt from Vienna?

Dative

Ich schenke meiner Tante Blumen.

I give my aunt flowers.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

Check "Tante" 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 Tante

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

"Tante" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Tante). Gender cue: Natural female gender (die).

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

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

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

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