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Meet der Block

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (politics) bloc
  2. block (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.)
  3. block (large building or group of such)
  4. pad (of paper)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Block, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Blöcke · Dative plural den Blöcken

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Block steht am Straßenrand.The large block stands by the roadside.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den neuen Block von hier.I can see the new block from here.Accusative · sehenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Wir bauen mit einem kleinen Block.We are building with a small block.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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