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Meet das Engagement

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

All 3 meanings

  1. commitment, dedication
  2. booking (of an artist etc.)
  3. engagement

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Engagement, 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 Engagements

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Das wichtige Engagement bleibt bestehen.The important commitment continues.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Wir unterstützen das gemeinsame Engagement.We support the shared commitment.Accusative · unterstützenPractise „gemeinsam“ →
  3. 3
    Paul widmet seinem langfristigen Engagement viel Zeit.Paul devotes a lot of time to his long-term commitment.Dative · widmenPractise „langfristig“ →
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