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Meet der Absatz

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

All 7 meanings

  1. paragraph (passage in text)
  2. landing, place on stairs where there is an interruption
  3. a similar interruption in the slope of a hill or mountain
  4. heel (raised part at the back of some shoes)
  5. (geology) sediment
  6. selling, sales, the process of marketing and selling goods

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Absatz, 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 Absätze · Dative plural den Absätzen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kurze Absatz steht im Text.The short paragraph appears in the text.Nominative · subjectPractise „kurz“ →
  2. 2
    Ich lese einen kurzen Absatz.I read a short paragraph.Accusative · lesenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Der Text besteht aus einem kurzen Absatz.The text consists of a short paragraph.Dative · ausPractise „kurz“ →
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