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Indefinite Articles
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In English, the indefinite article is "a" or "an." The singular indefinite article is ein for masculine and neuter, eine for feminine. As in English, there is no plural indefinite article; plural nouns standing alone are inherently indefinite. Indefinite Article SINGULAR
PLURAL
Additional forms of the indefinite article and of other words which take the same endings are treated in other sections. The Numeral "1" In German, use the indefinite article as the number "1" before a noun.
Pronounce the ein in the sense of "1" with a little extra stress,
as the stress marks indicate. These forms are used before a noun.
As an independent expression, the word for "one" is eins. null, eins, zwei, drei
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Examples of Indefinite Articles
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