Declension of German noun Genus with plural and article

The most important forms of "Genus" are: genitive singular "Genus" and nominative plural "Genera". The noun Genus is declined irregularly. The endings are -/era. "Genus" is neuter. The article is "das Genus". “Genus” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Genus but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · neutral · irregular · -, -

das Genus

Genus · Genera

Foreign endings   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English gender, genus, grammatical category, category, type

/ˈɡeːnʊs/ · /ˈɡeːnʊs/ · /ɡeˈneːʁa/

[Sprache, Wissenschaft] grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen; grammatische Kategorie von Verben; Geschlecht, Gattung, grammatikalisches Geschlecht, Genus verbi

» Gibt es eine Sprache, in der nach dem Genus konjugiert wird? English Is there a language that conjugates based on gender?

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Declension of Genus in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasGenus
Gen. desGenus
Dat. demGenus
Acc. dasGenus

Plural

Nom. dieGenera
Gen. derGenera
Dat. denGenera
Acc. dieGenera
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Examples

Example sentences for Genus

  • Gibt es eine Sprache, in der nach dem Genus konjugiert wird? 
    English Is there a language that conjugates based on gender?
  • Es wird in der englischen Grammatik nicht zwischen verschiedenen Genera unterschieden. 
    English In English grammar, there is no distinction between different genders.
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Translation of German Genus

German Genus
English gender, genus, grammatical category, category, type
Russian род, группа
Spanish género
French genre, espèce, type
Turkish cins, tür
Portuguese gênero, categoria, género
Italian genere
Romanian gen
Hungarian nem, fajta
Polish rodzaj, gatunek, klasa, rod
Greek γένος
Dutch genus, geslacht, grammaticale categorie, soort
Czech rod, druh
Swedish genus, grammatisk kategori, art, släkte
Danish grammatisk kategori, art, genus, køn, slægt
Japanese 属, 性, 文法的カテゴリー
Catalan gènere
Finnish suku
Norwegian grammatisk kategori, kjønn, slekt, type
Basque genero
Serbian род, rod, vrsta
Macedonian род, група
Slovenian rod, vrsta
Slowakisch rod, druh
Bosnian rod, gramatska kategorija, vrsta
Croatian rod, vrsta
Ukrainian рід
Bulgarian род, група
Belorussian род, група
Indonesian jenis kelamin gramatikal
Vietnamese giới tính, giới tính ngữ pháp
Uzbek grammatikiy jins, jins
Hindi लिंग, व्याकरणिक लिंग
Chinese 语法性别
Thai เพศ, เพศทางไวยากรณ์
Korean 문법적 성, 성
Azerbaijani cins, qrammatik cins
Georgian გრამატიკული სქესი, სქესი
Bengali ব্যাকরণিক লিঙ্গ, লিঙ্গ
Albanian gjinia, gjinia gramatikore
Marathi लिंग, व्याकरणिक लिंग
Nepali लिंग, व्याकरणिक लिंग
Telugu లింగం
Latvian gramatiskā dzimte
Tamil பாலினம்
Estonian grammaatiline sugu
Armenian գենդեր
Kurdish cins, gramatîk cins
Hebrewסוג
Arabicنوع، جنس، فصيلة
Persianجنس، نوع، گونه
Urduجنس، قسم، نسل

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Meanings and synonyms of Genus
  • [Sprache] grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen, Geschlecht, grammatikalisches Geschlecht, Sprachgeschlecht, Wortgeschlecht
  • [Sprache] grammatische Kategorie von Verben, Gattung, Genus verbi, Genus Verbi, Verbalgenus, Verbgenus
  • [Wissenschaft] Gattung, Gattung
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Genus"

The noun “Genus” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Genus” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Genus" declined?

"Genus" is neuter. The article is "das Genus".

Is “Genus” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

"Genus" is neuter. The article is "das Genus".

What is the singular of "Genus"?

The singular of “Genus” is: das Genus. The singular forms are: das Genus (nominative), des Genus (genitive), dem Genus (dative) and das Genus (accusative).

What is the plural of “Genus”?

The singular of “Genus” is: die Genera. The singular forms are: die Genera (nominative), der Genera (genitive), den Genera (dative) and die Genera (accusative).

At what language level is “Genus” used?

“Genus” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Genus”?

The declension of Genus as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Genus is crucial.

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