! colspan="2" | Singular |- ! Masculine/Feminine ! Neuter |- ! Nominative || (h)wër || (h)waẓ |- ! Accusative || (h)wënan, wën || (h)waẓ |- ! Genitive || (h)wës || (h)wës |- ! Dative || hwëmu, wëmo || hwëmu, wëmo |- ! Instrumental || (h)wiu, hiu || (h)wiu, hiu |} Notes: The initial h dropped out in the beginning of the ninth century. In the meaning of which, the associated noun is put in the genitive plural, e.g. wër manno "which man". Additional interrogatives: (h)wëdar "which of two" (h)wëlīh "which" hweolīh "of what sort" solīh "such" All were declined as strong adjectives. Indefinite pronouns Old High German had a number of indefinite pronominal forms. The following were declined as strong adjectives: sum, sumilīh, sumalīh "a certain one, someone" ein "one" einīg, eining "any, anyone" (in negative polarity sentences) thëhein, dëhein "anyone, any" ("no one, no, none" in negative polarity sentences) nih(h)ein, noh(h)ein "no, none" gilīh "like" ("each" with an associated noun in the genitive plural) manno gilīh "each man" (gi)wëlīh, eogiwëlīh, iogiwëlīh "each" The following were declined according to the interrogative-pronoun declension: wër, sō wër sō' "whoever"; ëtewër "any one"; see the section on interrogative pronouns for the declension The following were declined as nouns: man "one", declined as a masculine consonant stem eoman, ioman "somebody", declined as a masculine consonant stem but with a pronominal accusative singular eomannan, iomannan neoman, nioman "nobody", declined as a masculine consonant stem but with a pronominal accusative singular neomannan, niomannan wiht, eowiht, iowiht "anything", declined as a neuter a-stem neowiht, niowiht "nothing", declined as a neuter a-stem References See also Old High German Gothic language Grammar of the Gothic Language'' Proto-Indo-European noun: Ancient Greek grammar Latin declension Sanskrit nouns Declension Old High German