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

The definite article ("the") 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.

[edit] Feminine

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

[edit] Masculine

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

[edit] Neuter

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