What is the German word for a?

Answer 1

It depends. If the noun is male, that is, the article is der, then it is ein.

If the noun is female, that is, the article is die, then it is eine.

If the noun is neutral, that is, the article is das, then is is also ein.

Also, there are 4 cases in german.

In Nominativ it is the same with the above cases.

In Genitiv (des, der, des): eines, einer, eines respectively.

In Dativ (dem, der, dem): einem, einer, einem respectively.

In Akkusativ (den, die, das): einen, eine, ein.

So: (the last article is plural. there is no plural for "a")

der, die, das, die

des, der, des, der

dem, der, dem, den

den, die, das, die

Corresponds to...

ein, eine, ein

eines, einer, eines

einem, einer, einem

einen, eine, ein

Hope this helps.