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Meet der Herr

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 6 meanings

  1. (polite) man, gentleman
  2. (archaic) sir, lord; address of subservient respect
  3. Mr., mister, sir respectful address towards a man
  4. master, lord (generally denotes that someone has control over something, either in a generic or in a regal sense)
  5. (historical) the lowest title of German nobility
  6. Lord, God

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Herr, use the coloured columns: masculine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

n-noun den Herrn, dem Herrn · Plural die Herren

Herr is an n-noun: it adds -(e)n in every case except the nominative singular.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der alte Herr wartet draußen.The old man is waiting outside.Nominative · subjectPractise „alt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den netten Herrn.I see the nice man.Accusative · sehenPractise „nett“ →
  3. 3
    Der Hund folgt seinem alten Herrn.The dog follows its old owner.Dative · folgenPractise „alt“ →
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