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Meet die Brust

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

All 3 meanings

  1. chest
  2. breast (of a woman); side of the chest (of a man)
  3. (figurative) bosom (seat of thoughts and feelings)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Brust, 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 Brüste · Dative plural den Brüsten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die große Brust hebt sich beim Atmen.The large chest rises with breathing.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Der Arzt untersucht die gesunde Brust.The doctor examines the healthy breast.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „gesund“ →
  3. 3
    Mit ihrer gesunden Brust kann sie das Baby stillen.She can breastfeed the baby with her healthy breast.Dative · mitPractise „gesund“ →
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