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The suffixes that mark definiteness, number and genitive case are agglutinated together onto the noun stem, which means that each noun will have a large number of potential endings. For example '''kvinnerns''' ''the womens'' can be analyzed as '''kvinne-r-n-s''' -- made up of '''kvinne''' (stem) plus '''-er''' (plural ending) plus '''-n''' (enclitic definite article) plus '''-s''' (genitive case ending). In all, a noun can have up to 6 forms. | The suffixes that mark definiteness, number and genitive case are agglutinated together onto the noun stem, which means that each noun will have a large number of potential endings. For example '''kvinnerns''' ''the womens'' can be analyzed as '''kvinne-r-n-s''' -- made up of '''kvinne''' (stem) plus '''-er''' (plural ending) plus '''-n''' (enclitic definite article) plus '''-s''' (genitive case ending). In all, a noun can have up to 6 forms. | ||
In the example of '''kvinne''' (woman) | |||
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! !! Singular !! !! Plural !! | |||
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! Common !! Indefinite !! Definite !! Indefinite !! Definite | |||
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| '''Nominative''' || kvinne || kvinnen || kvinner || kvinnerne | |||
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| '''Genitive''' || kvinnes || kvinnens || kvinners || kvinnerns | |||
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