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Meet der Autor

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

Meaning

  1. author [since 2nd half of 15th c.]

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Autor, 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 Autoren

Nouns ending in -ling, -ismus, -or, -ich and -ig are masculine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der bekannte Autor schreibt einen Roman.The well-known author is writing a novel.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne einen jungen Autor.I know a young author.Accusative · kennenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Paul hilft seinem neuen Autor.Paul is helping his new author.Dative · helfenPractise „neu“ →
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