Noun Declension

Volksprök nouns don't decline on their own by default. Case is marked on the article (or possessive) that precedes the noun. Nouns only take case suffixes when the article/possessive is dropped, in which case the noun absorbs that ending directly.

Definite Article Declension

	Common	Neuter
Nom	de	de
Acc	der	den
Dat	den	dem
Gen	des	dets (archaic "det" fossilized + genitive -s)

Indefinite Article Declension

	Common	Neuter
Nom	en	en
Acc	einer	einen
Dat	einen	einem

(No indefinite genitive established yet.)

Possessive Declension

Possessives (mein, jein, hein, sein, ein) decline identically to the article system — same endings.

Example, "my" (mein):

	Common	Neuter
Nom	mein	mein
Acc	meiner	meinen
Dat	meinen	meinem

Noun-Suffix Rule (Article/Possessive Dropped)

When no article or possessive is present, the noun takes the ending the determiner would have had, minus the initial consonant-vowel base — practically, it absorbs the case ending itself:

Case	Common suffix	Neuter suffix
Nom	(bare)	(bare)
Acc	-er	-en
Dat	-en	-em
Gen	-es	-ets

Worked examples:

der man → maner (common, acc)
den kint → kinten (neuter, acc)
mein honten (jein honten from earlier — dog, acc, possessive bare)

Gender Note

Nominative case does not distinguish gender (de/de, en/en) — gender only becomes visible starting in the accusative and beyond.