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Meet die Arbeit

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

All 5 meanings

  1. toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
  2. job, task, assignment
  3. effort, work, human expenditure
  4. performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed
  5. (physics) work, energy transmitted by force through a body

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Arbeit, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Arbeiten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die neue Arbeit beginnt früh.The new job starts early.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich suche eine gute Arbeit.I am looking for a good job.Accusative · suchenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Ich bin mit der guten Arbeit zufrieden.I am satisfied with the good work.Dative · mitPractise „gut“ →
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