▁ne ues , ▁neuen , ▁neu em ) ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁gender ▁of ▁the ▁n oun ▁that ▁it ▁mod ifies , ▁whether ▁the ▁n oun ▁is ▁singular ▁or ▁pl ural , ▁and ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁n oun ▁in ▁the ▁sentence . ▁English ▁la cks ▁such ▁decl in ations ▁( except ▁for ▁rare ▁and ▁ ▁exception al ▁ones , ▁such ▁as ▁bl ond / bl onde ), ▁meaning ▁that ▁an ▁ad jective ▁can ▁be ▁written ▁in ▁only ▁one ▁form . ▁ ▁Modern ▁High ▁German ▁distingu ishes ▁between ▁four ▁cases — n omin ative , ▁accus ative , ▁gen itive , ▁and ▁d ative — and ▁three ▁gram mat ical ▁g enders — f em in ine , ▁mascul ine , ▁and ▁neut er . ▁N oun s ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁either ▁singular ▁or ▁pl ural ; ▁in ▁the ▁pl ural , ▁one ▁decl ension ▁is ▁used ▁regardless ▁of ▁gender ― mean ing ▁that ▁pl ural ▁can ▁be ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁fourth ▁" gender " ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁decl ining ▁articles ▁and ▁ad ject ives . ▁However , ▁the ▁n oun s ▁themselves ▁retain ▁several ▁ways ▁of ▁forming ▁pl ur als ▁which ▁often , ▁but ▁not ▁always , ▁correspond ▁with ▁the ▁word ' s ▁gender ▁and ▁structure ▁in ▁the ▁singular . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁many ▁femin ine ▁n oun s ▁which , ▁in ▁the ▁singular , ▁end ▁in ▁e , ▁like ▁die ▁Re ise ▁(" the ▁journey "), ▁form ▁the ▁pl ural ▁by ▁adding ▁- n : ▁die ▁Re isen ▁(" the