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Meet die Ferien

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

All 2 meanings

  1. holidays during which an institution (especially a school, university) or a business is closed; break (usually three days or more)
  2. vacation, holiday

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Ferien, use the coloured column: 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 only

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schönen Ferien beginnen morgen.The lovely holidays begin tomorrow.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Wir genießen die langen Ferien.We enjoy the long vacation.Accusative · genießenPractise „lang“ →
  3. 3
    Anna erzählt von ihren letzten Ferien.Anna talks about her last vacation.Dative · vonPractise „letzte“ →
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