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Meet der Freund

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

All 3 meanings

  1. friend
  2. boyfriend
  3. (obsolete) blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Freund, 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 Freunde · Dative plural den Freunden

Examples

  1. 1
    Der gute Freund wartet vor dem Kino.The good friend is waiting outside the cinema.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich treffe einen alten Freund nach der Arbeit.I meet an old friend after work.Accusative · treffenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Ich helfe meinem jungen Freund bei den Hausaufgaben.I help my young friend with his homework.Dative · helfenPractise „jung“ →
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