What are the 'weak' masculine nouns (N-Deklination)?

There is a small group of masculine nouns which have the ending -n or -en in the plural and in all singular cases except the nominative. Most of them refer to male humans and animals, e.g. der Affe, der Chinese, der Komponist.

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