• dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    in order of masculine, feminine, neuter, plural

    • nominative: der, die, das, die
    • accusative: den, die, das, die
    • dative: dem, der, dem, den
    • genititive: des, der, des, der

    which becomes:

    • RESE
    • NESE
    • MRMN
    • SRSR

    in high school I pronounced this mnemonic as:

    • resee
    • nesee
    • Mormon
    • sir sir

    My teacher didn’t like the “Mormon” bit, he wanted me to say “merman” but I found it easier to remember “Mormon” and his discomfort only made it stick better, lol.