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Meet der Gegenstand

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

All 5 meanings

  1. object, item, thing, article
  2. subject, topic
  3. in the technical language of civil law statutes, either a corporeal object or a subjective right
  4. more broadly, since law of obligations lacks a numerus clausus, an object of agreement, that which is the deal
  5. (obsolete, grammar) object of a sentence

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Gegenstand, 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 Gegenstände · Dative plural den Gegenständen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der wichtige Gegenstand ist schwer.The important object is heavy.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich prüfe den neuen Gegenstand genau.I inspect the new object carefully.Accusative · prüfenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Paul arbeitet mit einem schweren Gegenstand.Paul is working with a heavy object.Dative · mitPractise „schwer“ →
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