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Meet die Übung

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 3 meanings

  1. (uncountable) practice (degree of being used to and proficient in some activity)
  2. (countable) practice; exercise; training; workout; drill; maneuver (the usually repeated performance of an activity for the sake of improvement and learning)
  3. (countable) a kind of university class where skills taught in lectures or seminars are exercised (similar to a Tutorium, but more likely to be obligatory and taught by proper staff)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Übung, use the coloured columns: feminine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Übungen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die leichte Übung beginnt mit einer Aufgabe.The easy exercise begins with a task.Nominative · subjectPractise „leicht“ →
  2. 2
    Ich mache die kurze Übung am Morgen.I do the short exercise in the morning.Accusative · machenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Ich lerne mit der interessanten Übung neue Wörter.I learn new words with the interesting exercise.Dative · mitPractise „interessant“ →
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