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Meet die Bereitschaft

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

All 4 meanings

  1. readiness
  2. willingness
  3. standby
  4. duty, guard, on call service, emergency service (standby shift for the purpose of providing emergency services, such as hospital, pharmacy, IT)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Bereitschaft, use the coloured column: feminine.

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

no plural

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die große Bereitschaft hilft dem Team.The great willingness helps the team.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Der Chef lobt die persönliche Bereitschaft.The boss praises the personal willingness.Accusative · lobenPractise „persönlich“ →
  3. 3
    Mit ihrer großen Bereitschaft hilft sie dem Team.With her great willingness, she helps the team.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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