Editing Plautdietsch (section)

===Articles===
Even though Plautdietsch has three genders, in the [[nominative case]] it has only two [[definite article]]s (like Dutch and Low German); [[Grammatical gender|masculine and feminine articles]] are homophonous. However, masculine and feminine indefinite articles are still different (like German) and thus, the three genders can still be perfectly established. In the [[oblique case]], the masculine has a special definite article, making it once more different from the feminine, which, like the neuter, does not change. In the plural number, all gender identification is lost (as in German, Dutch and Low German); all plural determiners and adjective endings are homophonous with the feminine singular.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Plautdietsch articles
|-
!scope="col"| Article class
!scope="col" colspan="4" | Definite
!scope="col" colspan="3" |Indefinite
|-
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col" colspan="3" |Singular
!scope="col"| Plural
!scope="col" colspan="3" |Singular
|-
!scope="col"| Gender
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|masc.|masculine}}
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|fem.|feminine}}
!scope="col"| neuter
!scope="col"| all
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|masc.|masculine}}
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|fem.|feminine}}
!scope="col"| neuter
|-
!scope="row"| Nominative
| de
| rowspan="2" | de
| rowspan="2" | daut
| rowspan="2" | de
| een
| rowspan="2" | eene
| rowspan="2" | een
|-
!scope="row"| Oblique
| dän
| eenen*
|}
* In colloquial speech the indefinite article is reduced practically to a "n", or "ne" if feminine. If used so, there is no case distinction. However, when used as a numeral, meaning "one", the diphthong "ee" is heavily stressed and the oblique form of the masculine gender is used. There is no indefinite plural article; een has no plural.

Some Plautdietsch writers try to use a three case system with the definite articles, without much consistency. The system looks somewhat like this, some might use the dative neuter articles, others might not:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Number
! colspan="3" | '''Singular'''
! Plural
|-
! Gender
! masc.
! fem.
! neut.
! all
|-
| Nominative
| de
| rowspan="3" | de
| rowspan="2" | daut
| rowspan="3" | de
|-
| Accusative
| dän
|-
| Dative
| däm
| däm
|}

====Determiners====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Masc. Nom.
! Masc. Obj.
! Feminine
! Neuter
! Plural all
|-
| this
| dis
| disen
| dise
| dit
| dise
|-
| that, proximal
| dee
| dän
| dee
| daut
| dee
|-
| that, distal
| jan
| janen
| jane
| jan
| jane
|-
| which
| woon
| woonen
| woone
| woon
| woone
|-
| such a
| soon
| soonen
| soone
| soon
| soone
|-
| my
| mien
| mienen
| miene
| mien
| miene
|}

All possessives (see under pronouns) are declined like in this way. With the form '''äa''' (her/their) an r has to be reinserted before adding endings ('''äaren, äare''').