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Meet der Gang

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

All 8 meanings

  1. motion, movement, progress, way, going
  2. gait, way (someone walks), an instance of walking
  3. course (of events)
  4. hallway, corridor; aisle (in a supermarket)
  5. hall, hallway, corridor, stairwell (of a house, flat, etc.)
  6. gear (machinery), level (of intensity), notch

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Gang, 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 Gänge · Dative plural den Gängen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der schmale Gang ist leer.The narrow corridor is empty.Nominative · subjectPractise „schmal“ →
  2. 2
    Das Hotel hat einen breiten Gang.The hotel has a wide corridor.Accusative · habenPractise „breit“ →
  3. 3
    Die Gäste kommen aus dem dunklen Gang.The guests come out of the dark corridor.Dative · ausPractise „dunkel“ →
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