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Meet der Film

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

All 3 meanings

  1. film (a thin layer of some substance)
  2. (photography) photographic film
  3. motion picture

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Film, 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 Filme · Dative plural den Filmen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Film beginnt um acht.The new film starts at eight.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe heute den alten Film.I’m watching the old film today.Accusative · sehenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Paul spricht von seinem eigenen Film.Paul talks about his own film.Dative · vonPractise „eigen“ →
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