Appendix:Slovene nouns/nouns that switch gender

In Slovene, it is a common phenomenon that some nouns switch gender either when declining or in all cases altogether, depending on the declension, dialect, and case. In formal contexts, the change occurs in plural, while the dialectal changes occur more sporadically.

First masculine declension
Some nouns of Latin origin can in plural alternatively change to neuter and follow first neuter declension, but these forms are of very high register and are not common in everyday use.

Second masculine declension
All nouns following second masculine declension are usually because of its similarity with first feminine declension feminized in dual and plural, but this is evident only in binding adjectives, numerals and pronouns as the endings and accents stay the same, i. e. tȋste vọ̑dje (feminized) vs. tȋsti vọ̑dje (masculine). Colloquially, they are also feminized in all cases except for nominative and vocative in singular, i. e. s tȋsto vọ̑djo (feminized) vs. s tȋstim vọ̑djo (masculine).

First neuter declension
Some mixed accented nouns following first neuter declension alternatively change to being masculine with -ov- infix in dual and plural:

One case examples

 * Noun when meaning 'eye' has plural, which further declines as a regular feminine i-stem noun with mixed accent.
 * Noun has alternatively a stylistically marked plural and dual forms following neuter o-stem declension: pọ̑ti and pọ̑ta.
 * Noun has preferred masculine form in genitive dual/plural.

Fourth feminine or fourth neutral declension
Some geographical names in or  derived from adjectives can either be feminine or neuter (following the respective fourth declensions), however some form is generally preferred. In some common names, such as, the usual form is feminine while other form is used very rarely and is mostly limited to forms with preposition, e. g. na Dolẹ̑njskem.

Dialectal changes
In many dialects, neuter nouns are either feminized or masculinized. However, the full masculinization of feminization does not always occur and nouns often keep the neuter endings. These are not detailed on each entry separately, except for the noun as it is mentioned in Slovenska Slovnica that the noun can be feminine in Standard Slovene. A separate entry and declension table is only added if the noun can be fully masculinized or feminized (e. g. and , respectively).