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Meet der General

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (military) general (officer in any general rank)
  2. (military) general (officer in a specific general rank, usually the highest)
  3. (Roman Catholicism) general (head of an order)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der General, 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 Generäle · Dative plural den Generälen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der bekannte General spricht ruhig.The well-known general speaks calmly.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne den jungen General.I know the young general.Accusative · kennenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Anna spricht mit einem deutschen General.Anna speaks with a German general.Dative · mitPractise „deutsch“ →
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