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Meet die Beziehung

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

All 3 meanings

  1. relation, relationship, connection [with zu (+ dative) ‘with something’]
  2. interpersonal relationship, terms, relations
  3. romantic relationship

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Beziehung, 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 Beziehungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die wichtige Beziehung hält lange.The important relationship lasts a long time.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich beende eine lange Beziehung.I end a long relationship.Accusative · beendenPractise „lang“ →
  3. 3
    Er widmet einer neuen Beziehung viel Zeit.He devotes a lot of time to a new relationship.Dative · widmenPractise „neu“ →
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