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Meet die Blume

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All 7 meanings

  1. (botany) flower, blossom (colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm)
  2. (loosely, colloquial, usually in the plural) plant, houseplant (plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes)
  3. (chemistry) efflorescence (formation of a powdery surface on crystals)
  4. (heraldry) flower (symbol representing a flower)
  5. (hunting) tail, scut (short, erect tail of a hare)
  6. nose, bouquet (scent of a particular wine)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Blume, 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 Blumen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schöne Blume blüht im Garten.The beautiful flower is blooming in the garden.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe heute die rote Blume.I am buying the red flower today.Accusative · kaufenPractise „rot“ →
  3. 3
    Ich schmücke den Tisch mit meiner frischen Blume.I decorate the table with my fresh flower.Dative · mitPractise „frisch“ →
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