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Meet der Eingang

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

All 7 meanings

  1. entrance (doorway or passageway into a building or other enclosed space)
  2. entrance (place for entering a defined area that is not necessarily enclosed, e.g. a forest)
  3. input (interface of a device for receiving data, e.g. through a socket)
  4. (singular only) arrival, receipt (the event of receiving mail or goods)
  5. (plural only, business) incoming or received mail
  6. (literary) introduction, beginning (of a speech or event)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Eingang, 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 Eingänge · Dative plural den Eingängen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Eingang ist gut beleuchtet.The large entrance is well lit.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Wir suchen den richtigen Eingang.We are looking for the right entrance.Accusative · suchenPractise „richtig“ →
  3. 3
    Der Weg führt zu einem zentralen Eingang.The path leads to a central entrance.Dative · zuPractise „zentral“ →
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