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Meet die Bindung

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

All 4 meanings

  1. bond, attachment
  2. commitment, obligation
  3. (chemistry) bond
  4. (linguistics) liaison, resyllabification across the word boundary, sandhi

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Bindung, 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 Bindungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die wichtige Bindung entsteht langsam.The important bond develops slowly.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Wir spüren die enge Bindung zu unserer Familie.We feel the close bond with our family.Accusative · spürenPractise „eng“ →
  3. 3
    Mit der engen Bindung zu ihrer Schwester fühlt Anna sich wohl.Anna feels comfortable with the close bond with her sister.Dative · mitPractise „eng“ →
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