"Das ist die letzte Stunde des Tages."
Translation:That is the last hour of the day.
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Not sure what 'name' you are referring to. There are three inflection classes for nouns in German:
1) strong nouns (like 'der Tag')
2) weak nouns (like 'der Junge')
3) nominalised adjectives (like 'der Alte')
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Nouns Nominalised adjectives get inflected exactly like adjectives, so for them inflection also depends on the preceding article.
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It can be translated as class, if the synonym to lesson is meant (so an hour of a school subject).
The class as in "a group of people at school, that share most of their lessons" would be die Klasse and not "Stunde".
Also class as in "the upper class, the working classes" would also be die Klasse and not "Stunde".
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That is the last hour of the day. Can anyone tell me why Tages comes in plural in this sentence?
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In German nouns have four cases and - like in English - singular and plural.
Tag (day) | Singular | Plural ! |
---|---|---|
Nominativ | der Tag | die Tage |
Genitiv | des Tags* | der Tage |
Dativ | dem Tag** | den Tagen |
Akkusativ | den Tag | die Tage |
* often also: des Tages
** archaic: dem Tage
The same pattern can also be used for a neuter noun, although "der" and "den" become "das" in the singular.
Bild (picture, image) | Singular | Plural ! |
---|---|---|
Nominativ | das Bild | die Bilder |
Genitiv | des Bilds* | der Bilder |
Dativ | dem Bild** | den Bildern |
Akkusativ | das Bild | die Bilder |
* often also: des Bildes
** archaic: dem Bilde
Feminine nouns take no suffixes in the singular:
Nacht (night) | Singular | Plural ! |
---|---|---|
Nominativ | die Nacht | die Nächte |
Genitiv | der Nacht | der Nächte |
Dativ | der Nacht | den Nächten |
Akkusativ | die Nacht | die Nächte |
Some few masculine nouns are part of the "weak declension". You will have to learn if a noun is part of that declension.
Bär (bear) | Singular | Plural ! |
---|---|---|
Nominativ | der Bär | die Bären |
Genitiv | des Bären* | der Bären |
Dativ | dem Bären | den Bären |
Akkusativ | den Bären | die Bären |
* Some nouns of the weak declension (but not all) may also have ens in the genitive singular.
! The plural forms often have a suffix to mark the plural, but unlike in English it is not always just an "s" at the End of a word. The plural is most commonly formed with the endings -en, -er, -e , and/or by changing the stressed vowels a/o/u to "ä/ö/ü".
What the plural form of a noun is has to be learned along with the noun. There are some patterns though:
singular | plural | example (sg.) | example (pl.) | translation |
---|---|---|---|---|
-er | -er* | der Arbeiter | die Arbeiter | the workers |
-or | -oren | der Motor | die Motoren | the engines |
-el | -el* | der Ziegel | die Ziegel | the bricks |
-ung | -ungen | die Abteilung | die Abteilungen | teh sections |
-in | -innen | die Arbeiterin | die Arbeiterinnen | the workers |
-chen | -chen | das Kätzchen | die Kätzchen | the kittens |
-lein | -lein | das Entlein | die Entlein | the ducklings |
* if the noun is feminine, the singular and plural cannot be the same. the suffixes -er and -el will use -ern and -eln: die Leiter, die Leitern (the ladders); die Eichel, die Eicheln (the acorns). The words "Bauer" and "Mauer" (farmer and wall) will also take the -ern enging (die Bauern, die Mauern)
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That is true. Many people use the preposition "von" (or "von" + "dem" is "vom") and a noun in the dative instead. There are some prepositions that use the genitive case, most of which are either uncommon in casual conversations or can nowadays also use the dative case.
However, it is not the case, that you will never encounter the genitive case, especially in more formal conversations.