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Meet die Fraktion

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All 4 meanings

  1. (politics) faction, parliamentary group
  2. (chemistry) fraction (component of a mixture)
  3. (now uncommon) fraction (part of a whole)
  4. (Switzerland, South Tyrol, Liechtenstein) hamlet (adapted from Italian frazione)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Fraktion, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Fraktionen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die große Fraktion tagt regelmäßig.The large parliamentary group meets regularly.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne die neue Fraktion.I know the new parliamentary group.Accusative · kennenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Die Regierung dankt der deutschen Fraktion.The government thanks the German parliamentary group.Dative · dankenPractise „deutsch“ →
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