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Meet der Flügel

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All 6 meanings

  1. wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
  2. leaf (of a door or window)
  3. casement or sash (of a window)
  4. blade or vane (of a propeller, impeller or turbine)
  5. (architecture) wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
  6. (music) grand piano

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Flügel, 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 Flügel · Dative plural den Flügeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Der starke Flügel ist verletzt.The strong wing is injured.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Der Vogel schützt seinen kleinen Flügel.The bird protects its small wing.Accusative · schützenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Der Vogel kann mit dem linken Flügel nicht fliegen.The bird cannot fly with its left wing.Dative · mitPractise „linke“ →
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