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Meet der Bund

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (politics) alliance, federation, league
  2. (biblical) covenant
  3. (music) fret (of a guitar)
  4. waistband
  5. (politics) the federal government of a federated nation (specifically of Germany, Austria or Switzerland; especially in contrast to the governments of the constituting states/cantons)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Bund, 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 Bünde · Dative plural den Bünden

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Bund wächst.The new alliance is growing.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich gründe einen politischen Bund.I am founding a political alliance.Accusative · gründenPractise „politisch“ →
  3. 3
    Anna hilft ihrem neuen Bund.Anna is helping her new alliance.Dative · helfenPractise „neu“ →
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