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Grammatical Cases (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive)

When do I add an -n to plural nouns in the dative case?

In the dative plural, if the plural noun does not already end in -s or -n, you add an -n to the end of the noun.

Example

die Kinder (Nom. Plural) → den Kindern (Dat. Plural)

die Frauen (Nom. Plural) → den Frauen (Dat. Plural - already ends in -n)

die Autos (Nom. Plural) → den Autos (Dat. Plural - already ends in -s)

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