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Meet das Abitur

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

Meaning

  1. (Germany) final exams taken by pupils at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland to attain eligibility for all kinds of universities (allgemeine Hochschulreife).

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Abitur, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Abiture · Dative plural den Abituren

Examples

  1. 1
    Das gute Abitur entscheidet oft über den Studienplatz.The good school-leaving exam often determines the university place.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich mache ein gutes Abitur.I am doing a good school-leaving exam.Accusative · machenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Nach dem erfolgreichen Abitur bewirbt sich Anna an der Universität.After her successful school-leaving exam, Anna applies to the university.Dative · nachPractise „erfolgreich“ →
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