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Meet die Einstellung

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All 7 meanings

  1. attitude, mindset, disposition
  2. hiring, beginning of an employment
  3. cessation, discontinuation
  4. (law) dismissal (of action or a case)
  5. (technology) adjustment, setting, calibration (of a machine)
  6. (medicine) adjustment (of medication)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Einstellung, 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 Einstellungen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Einstellung gefällt mir.The good attitude appeals to me.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Die Firma plant eine neue Einstellung.The company is planning a new hire.Accusative · planenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit der positiven Einstellung arbeitet Anna besser.Anna works better with the positive attitude.Dative · mitPractise „positiv“ →
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