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Meet schwer

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

All 7 meanings

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. (of food) indigestible
  3. grave, severe, intense, serious, heavy
  4. heavy (doing the specified activity more intensely)
  5. clumsy, sluggish
  6. difficult, hard

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Endings

How schwer changes

Adjective endings after der/die/das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeeeen
accusativeeneeen
dativeenenenen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der schwere Tag beginnt früh.The difficult day starts early.Nominative · subjectPractise „der Tag“ →
  2. 2
    Sie beantwortet eine schwere Frage nicht.She answers a difficult question.Accusative · beantwortenPractise „die Frage“ →
  3. 3
    Wir besprechen ein schweres Problem.We discuss a difficult problem.Accusative · besprechenPractise „das Problem“ →
  4. 4
    Wir helfen bei schweren Aufgaben.We help with difficult tasks.Dative · beiPractise „die Aufgabe“ →
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