Schülern

Schülern is the dative plural form of the German noun Schüler, which refers to a pupil or student in a school setting. It denotes a group of students, typically male students or a mixed-gender group, and is used in sentences where the noun is in the dative case or after prepositions that require the dative.

In practice, the noun in the plural dative takes the -n ending, and the definite article changes to den. For example: Der Lehrer erklärt den Schülern die Aufgabe. Here, den Schülern is the dative plural article plus noun form. By contrast, the nominative and accusative plural are die Schüler, without an -n on the noun.

The feminine equivalent is Schülerin (singular) and Schülerinnen (plural). In the dative plural, those form becomes den Schülerinnen. This mirrors the general German pattern where many masculine and mixed-gender nouns add -n in the dative plural, while feminine nouns follow their own plural endings.

In usage, Schülern appears in educational or school-related contexts. It is distinct from Studenten or Studentinnen, which refer to university-level students. The term emphasizes school-age learning environments and is common in instructional language, classroom discourse, and educational writing.