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Meet der Abbau

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

All 3 meanings

  1. dismantling, demolition
  2. mining
  3. decomposition, separation, analysis

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Abbau, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Abbaue · Dative plural den Abbauen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der starke Abbau schadet der Natur.Intensive extraction harms nature.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Wir stoppen den weiteren Abbau.We are stopping the further reduction.Accusative · stoppenPractise „weitere“ →
  3. 3
    Bei einem schnellen Abbau entstehen viele Probleme.Many problems arise during a rapid reduction.Dative · beiPractise „schnell“ →
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