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Note
Singular (masculine/neuter): kein
Singular (feminine): keine
Plural: keine
There are declensions, but we will deal with that later. (If you must know...these are the forms for Nominative and Accusative. But you may, for the time being, use the austrich method and pretend you have never seen what is written inside these brackets...)
Usages of kein
kein Mann
no man
masculine sg
keine Frau
no woman
feminine sg
kein Kind
no child
neuter sg
keine Kinder
no children
plural
Ich habe keine Frau, keine Kinder, keine Familie...
I have no wife, no children, no family....
Test yourself: What does kein mean?
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