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Meet die Batterie

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (military) battery (unit of artillery)
  2. a row (an array of similar things)
  3. a set of small cages (farming)
  4. (electronics) battery

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Batterie, 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 Batterien

Examples

  1. 1
    Die neue Batterie funktioniert gut.The new battery works well.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich prüfe die volle Batterie.I check the full battery.Accusative · prüfenPractise „voll“ →
  3. 3
    Das Gerät läuft mit meiner alten Batterie.The device runs on my old battery.Dative · mitPractise „alt“ →
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