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Meet der Doktor

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

All 2 meanings

  1. (academia) doctor
  2. (medicine, informal) doctor, physician

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Doktor, 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 Doktoren

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Der bekannte Doktor arbeitet hier.The well-known doctor works here.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich suche den jungen Doktor.I’m looking for the young doctor.Accusative · suchenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Paul spricht mit seinem neuen Doktor.Paul is talking with his new doctor.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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