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Meet die Dame

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

All 6 meanings

  1. lady (woman of good breeding and manners)
  2. lady; madam (polite term to refer to any woman)
  3. (chess, card games) queen
  4. (checkers) king
  5. (title) Dame
  6. (board games) draughts; checkers

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Dame, 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 Damen

Examples

  1. 1
    Eine junge Dame wartet vor dem Café.A young lady is waiting in front of the café.Nominative · subjectPractise „jung“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe die bekannte Dame am Bahnhof.I see the familiar lady at the station.Accusative · sehenPractise „bekannt“ →
  3. 3
    Ich spreche mit der netten Dame.I am talking with the nice lady.Dative · mitPractise „nett“ →
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