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Meet der Boden

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All 6 meanings

  1. (uncountable) ground, soil
  2. (uncountable) sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
  3. (countable) any defined type of soil
  4. (countable) floor
  5. (countable) attic, garret, loft
  6. (countable, colloquial) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Boden, 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 Böden

Examples

  1. 1
    Der ganze Boden ist sauber.The whole floor is clean.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Ich wische den alten Boden.I mop the old floor.Accusative · wischenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Das Zimmer ist mit einem hellen Boden ausgestattet.The room is equipped with light-colored flooring.Dative · mitPractise „hell“ →
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