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Meet das Bundesland

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

All 3 meanings

  1. federal state (non-sovereign state)
  2. (specifically) One of the 16 federal states of Germany
  3. (specifically) One of the 9 federal states of Austria

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Bundesland, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Bundesländer · Dative plural den Bundesländern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das große Bundesland liegt im Süden.The large state is in the south.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche das schöne Bundesland jedes Jahr.I visit the beautiful state every year.Accusative · besuchenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Das Gebäude gehört unserem deutschen Bundesland.The building belongs to our German state.Dative · gehörenPractise „deutsch“ →
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