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Meet der Fisch

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (countable) fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water)
  2. (countable, archaic or loosely) fish (any animal or any vertebrate living exclusively in water)
  3. (uncountable) fish (food)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Fisch, 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 Fische · Dative plural den Fischen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Fisch schwimmt schnell.The big fish swims quickly.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe einen kleinen Fisch.I am buying a small fish.Accusative · kaufenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Der Koch kocht mit dem großen Fisch.The cook is cooking with the big fish.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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