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Meet der Gemeinderat

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All 2 meanings

  1. (politics) a local authority in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or East Belgium
  2. (politics) a member of such a local authority

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Gemeinderat, 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 Gemeinderäte · Dative plural den Gemeinderäten

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Gemeinderat tagt heute.The new municipal council is in session today.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Die Gemeinde braucht einen starken Gemeinderat.The municipality needs a strong municipal council.Accusative · brauchenPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Die Bürger sprechen mit dem zuständigen Gemeinderat.The citizens speak with the relevant municipal council.Dative · mitPractise „zuständig“ →
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