First declension
The first declension (D1) occurs for all nouns ending with
“a”. Regardless of gender, the nouns decline as following.
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
a
|
ae
|
Genitive
|
ae
|
ar
|
Dative
|
ae
|
is
|
Accusative
|
am
|
äs
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
ä
|
īs
|
Vocative
|
a
|
än
|
Second declension
The second declension (D2) is for all nouns ending with “r”
and some nouns ending with “us”. The nouns decline as follows:
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
us/r
|
i/en
|
Genitive
|
ī
|
or
|
Dative
|
ō
|
is
|
Accusative
|
um
|
ös
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
ō
|
ön
|
Vocative
|
e/r
|
i/en
|
Third declension
The third declension (D3) is for all nouns ending with “um”.
The nouns decline as follows:
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
um
|
a
|
Genitive
|
ī
|
or
|
Dative
|
ō
|
is
|
Accusative
|
um
|
ös
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
ō
|
ön
|
Vocative
|
um
|
a
|
Fourth declension
The fourth declension (D4) is for nouns with i-stems, i.e.
ends with i+a letter. The masculine and neuter nouns decline as follows.
(i+vowel is usually appended with n before adding the endings, whereas “-is” is
removed).
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
n/a
|
es
|
Genitive
|
is
|
um
|
Dative
|
i
|
ib
|
Accusative
|
em
|
es
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
ēm
|
öb
|
Vocative
|
n/a
|
es
|
The feminine nouns decline in a similar way, as follows.
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
n/a
|
ia
|
Genitive
|
is
|
um
|
Dative
|
i
|
ib
|
Accusative
|
em
|
es
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
ēm
|
öb
|
Vocative
|
n/a
|
es
|
Fifth declension
The fifth declension (D5) is for remaining nouns ending with
“us” that are not included in the D2. The masculine and neuter nouns decline as
follows:
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
us
|
ua
|
Genitive
|
ü
|
uum
|
Dative
|
ui
|
iß
|
Accusative
|
um
|
üß
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
üs
|
ün
|
Vocative
|
us
|
ua
|
Sixth declension
The sixth declension (D6) is for nouns ending with “e” or
“es”. The nouns decline as follows.
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
e/es
|
es
|
Genitive
|
ei
|
erß
|
Dative
|
ei
|
ebs
|
Accusative
|
em
|
es
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
e
|
en
|
Vocative
|
e/es
|
es
|
Gerunds
Gerunds are a form of verb used like a noun. In
Fleutespräch, it is the infinitive form (declined).
Singular
|
|
Nominative
|
en
|
Genitive
|
ens
|
Dative
|
enß
|
Accusative
|
em
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
emß
|
Vocative
|
en
|
Alternatively, it is also possible to form a countable noun
using stem+ung formula (e.g. das
Arbeitung). These words decline like this:
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
Nominative
|
ung
|
ungen
|
Genitive
|
unes
|
unger
|
Dative
|
unge
|
ungß
|
Accusative
|
ungen
|
ing
|
Ablative/Instrumental
|
unge
|
ungß
|
Vocative
|
ung
|
ungen
|
The en and the ung terminations signify slightly different
things. The en ending signifies the action itself, while the ung ending corresponds
to something more concrete (e.g. das Edifizen and das Edifizung).
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