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Meet die Art

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

All 7 meanings

  1. kind, sort, type [with von (+ dative) ‘of something’]
  2. (biology, taxonomy) species
  3. nature, character
  4. behaviour
  5. way, method
  6. (grammar, of verbs) mode, mood

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Art, 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 Arten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die genaue Art der Ausführung gefällt mir.I like the precise way it is done.Nominative · subjectPractise „genau“ →
  2. 2
    Ich mag die deutsche Art.I like the German way of doing things.Accusative · mögenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Bei der gleichen Art von Verpackung bleiben die Kosten niedrig.With the same type of packaging, costs stay low.Dative · beiPractise „gleich“ →
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