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Meet die Basis

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All 5 meanings

  1. basis (foundation, principle)
  2. (military, astronautics) base
  3. (politics) local organization of a party, the grass roots
  4. (geometry) base of a surface
  5. (arithmetics) base of a power

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Basis, 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 Basen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Basis trägt das ganze Projekt.The good basis supports the entire project.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Wir brauchen die richtige Basis für den Plan.We need the right basis for the plan.Accusative · brauchenPractise „richtig“ →
  3. 3
    Er arbeitet mit seiner politischen Basis.He works with his political base.Dative · mitPractise „politisch“ →
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