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Meet das Amt

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

All 4 meanings

  1. agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
  2. office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
  3. (Roman Catholicism, chiefly in compounds) mass; office
  4. (now Switzerland, Germany historical) administrative unit (of a country); district

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Amt, 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 Ämter · Dative plural den Ämtern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das öffentliche Amt öffnet um acht.The public office opens at eight.Nominative · subjectPractise „öffentlich“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche ein neues Amt.I visit a new office.Accusative · besuchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Er dient seinem eigenen Amt.He serves his own office.Dative · dienenPractise „eigen“ →
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