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Meet das Element

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All 3 meanings

  1. (chemistry) element
  2. element; essential component
  3. (chiefly in the plural) force of nature; the elements

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Element, 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 Elemente · Dative plural den Elementen

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das neue Element fehlt.The new element is missing.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich untersuche das chemische Element.I examine the chemical element.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „chemisch“ →
  3. 3
    Das Gerät funktioniert mit dem kleinen Element.The device works with the small element.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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