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Meet das Alter

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

All 3 meanings

  1. age, old age
  2. antiquity
  3. epoch, age

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Alter, 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 Alter · Dative plural den Altern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das hohe Alter bringt neue Herausforderungen.Advanced age brings new challenges.Nominative · subjectPractise „hoch“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne das genaue Alter nicht.I don't know the exact age.Accusative · kennenPractise „genau“ →
  3. 3
    Sie spricht von ihrem tatsächlichen Alter.She talks about her actual age.Dative · vonPractise „tatsächlich“ →
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