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Meet der Arm

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All 6 meanings

  1. (anatomy) an arm
  2. (textiles, technical use or informal) a sleeve
  3. a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever
  4. a branch, a section of a structure
  5. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river
  6. influence, might

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Arm, 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 Arme · Dative plural den Armen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der rechte Arm schmerzt nach dem Sport.The right arm hurts after sports.Nominative · subjectPractise „rechte“ →
  2. 2
    Der Arzt untersucht den linken Arm.The doctor examines the left arm.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „linke“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem starken Arm winkt Paul.Paul waves with the strong arm.Dative · mitPractise „stark“ →
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