Before you start

Meet formal

Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.

Endings

How formal changes

CaseMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
nominativeder formaledie formaledas formaledie formalen
accusativeden formalendie formaledas formaledie formalen
dativedem formalender formalendem formalenden formalen

Examples

  1. 1
    Das formale Dokument kommt heute an.The formal document arrives today.Nominative · subjectdas Dokument →
  2. 2
    Ich beantworte eine formale Frage.I answer a formal question.Accusative · beantwortendie Frage →
  3. 3
    Mit meinem formalen Beispiel lernt Anna die Regel.Anna learns the rule with my formal example.Dative · mitdas Beispiel →
  4. 4
    Formale Regeln helfen den Schülern.Formal rules help the students.Nominative · subjectdie Regel →
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