Before you start
Meet dankbar
Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.
Meaning
- grateful, thankful [with dative ‘to someone’ and für (+ accusative) ‘for something’]
Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
dankbar für + accusative
Ich bin für deine Hilfe dankbar.
Endings
How dankbar changes
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | e | e | e | en |
| accusative | en | e | e | en |
| dative | en | en | en | en |
Examples
- 1Der dankbare Mann lächelt.The grateful man smiles.
- 2Ich danke einer dankbaren Frau.I thank a grateful woman.
- 3Anna besucht ihr dankbares Kind.Anna visits her grateful child.
- 4Wir helfen dankbaren Leuten.We help grateful people.