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Meet die Bank

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

All 6 meanings

  1. bench (which people sit on); pew
  2. workbench (which things can be set down on)
  3. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
  4. (soccer) substitutes' bench
  5. bank (financial institution)
  6. (in compounds) a storage facility for some specified purpose

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Bank, 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 Bänke · Dative plural den Bänken

Examples

  1. 1
    Die alte Bank steht im Park.The old bench is in the park.Nominative · subjectPractise „alt“ →
  2. 2
    Wir streichen eine grüne Bank.We are painting a green bench.Accusative · streichenPractise „grün“ →
  3. 3
    Mit meiner alten Bank bin ich zufrieden.I am happy with my old bench.Dative · mitPractise „alt“ →
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