ABSTRACT
NOUNS are words which name living creatures, things, places, ideas or processes. In written German they can be distinguished easily because they are written with a capital letter. A noun is usually preceded by an ARTICLE or other DETERMINER and often also by one or more ADJECTIVES or a longer adjectival phrase. Together, these form the NOUN PHRASE:
This chapter gives you details about the main features of nouns:
the GENDER of nouns (2.1-2.5)
how nouns form their PLURAL (2.6-2.10)
CASE and how nouns and noun phrases show it (2.11-2.12).
