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Meet der Direktor

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

All 3 meanings

  1. principal (administrator of a school)
  2. director (leader of an organisation)
  3. (Germany) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") in the senior service after second promotion

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Direktor, 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 Direktoren

Nouns ending in -ling, -ismus, -or, -ich and -ig are masculine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Direktor beginnt.The new director is starting.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich treffe einen jungen Direktor.I am meeting a young director.Accusative · treffenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Ich vertraue meinem guten Direktor.I trust my good director.Dative · vertrauenPractise „gut“ →
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