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Meet das Ei

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

All 6 meanings

  1. egg (all biological senses)
  2. something egg-shaped
  3. (informal, usually in the plural) testicle, ball
  4. (informal, figuratively, in the plural) balls, guts, courage
  5. (colloquial, in the plural) bucks (money)
  6. (colloquial, usually vocative, mildly derogatory) clown; foolish bloke

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Ei, 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 Eier · Dative plural den Eiern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das ganze Ei liegt auf dem Teller.The whole egg is lying on the plate.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe ein großes Ei.I am buying a large egg.Accusative · kaufenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Mit einem großen Ei backe ich einen Kuchen.I bake a cake with a large egg.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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