Declension (nonfiction)

Declension of the definite article in German.

In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number, case, and gender.

Description

Declensions indicate:

• Number (at least singular and plural)
• Case (nominative or subjective, genitive or possessive, etc.)
• Gender

A declension is also a group of nouns that follow a particular pattern of inflection.

Occurrence

Declension occurs in many of the world's languages, and features very prominently in many European languages.

Old English was a highly inflected language, as befits its Indo-European and especially its Germanic linguistic ancestry, but its declensions greatly simplified as it evolved into Modern English.

Nonfiction cross-reference

• The Undeclensed (nonfiction)

Fiction cross-reference

• The Undeclensed

External links

• Declension @ Wikipedia