Neuter declension in Slovenian

The neuter nouns in Slovenian always end in -o or -e in the nominative singular , pluralia tanta in the nominative in -a. The neuter Declination - apart from the general for the neutralization of the Indo-European languages typical -a in the nominative and accusative plural  - largely the male declination of inanimate nouns .

As in other Indo-European languages, the following also applies to the neuter in Slovenian:

• The accusative singular of noun and adjective is identical to the nominative singular.
• The accusative plural of noun and adjective is identical to the nominative plural and ends in -a.

Nouns

Example: Srce (the heart)

	singular	Two number	Plural
Nominative	src e	src i	src a
Genitive	src a	src _	src _
dative	src u	src ema	src em
accusative	src e	src i	src a
locative	src u	src ih	src ih
Instrumental	src em	src ema	src i

The _ sign means that this form has no ending.

Example: Kolo (the wheel)

	singular	Two number	Plural
Nominative	col o	koles i	koles a
Genitive	koles a	koles _	koles _
dative	koles u	koles grandma	koles om
accusative	col o	koles i	koles a
locative	koles u	koles ih	koles ih
Instrumental	koles om	koles grandma	koles i

Adjectives

Example: Lepo (beautiful)

	singular	Two number	Plural
Nominative	lep o	lep i	lep a
Genitive	lep ega	lep ih	lep ih
dative	lep emu	lep ima	lep im
accusative	lep o	lep i	lep a
locative	lep em	lep ih	lep ih
Instrumental	lep im	lep ima	lep imi

Example: Sveže (fresh)

	singular	Two number	Plural
Nominative	svež e	svež i	svež a
Genitive	svež ega	svež ih	svež ih
dative	svež emu	svež ima	svež im
accusative	svež e	svež i	svež a
locative	svež em	svež ih	svež ih
Instrumental	svež im	svež ima	svež imi

č, š, ž, c, j

For all these declinations it should be noted that in the endings after the sounds č, š, ž, c, j there is an e , if otherwise there is an o .

See also

• Slovenian language
• Male declension in Slovenian
• First female declension in Slovenian
• Second female declension in Slovenian