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Gothic has no indefinite article ("a" or "an").

The definite article ("the") is in the Gothic Bible replaced by the demonstrative pronoun, therefore, the definite articles aren't really definite articles but demonstrative pronouns, research however shows that there are not a lot of cases in which the Greek definite article is translated in Gothic. The demonstrative pronoun has a different form for each of the four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive and dative), the three genders (feminine, masculine and neuter), and for singular and plural.

Feminine

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	so 𐍃𐍉	thos 𐌸𐍉𐍃
Accusative	tho 𐌸𐍉	thos 𐌸𐍉𐍃
Genitive	thizos 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃	thizo 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉
Dative	thizai 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹	thaim 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼

Masculine

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sa 𐍃𐌰	thai 𐌸𐌰𐌹
Accusative	thana 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰	thans 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃
Genitive	this 𐌸𐌹𐍃	thize 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴
Dative	thamma 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰	thaim 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼

Neuter

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thata 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰	tho 𐌸𐍉
Accusative	thata 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰	tho 𐌸𐍉
Genitive	this 𐌸𐌹𐍃	thize 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴
Dative	thamma 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰	thaim 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼