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Meet der Geruch

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (countable) smell, odour
  2. (uncountable) sense of smell, olfaction
  3. (countable) (figurative, dated) reputation

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Geruch, 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 Gerüche · Dative plural den Gerüchen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der starke Geruch kommt aus der Küche.The strong smell comes from the kitchen.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Hier gibt es keinen starken Geruch.There is no strong smell here.Accusative · gebenPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem guten Geruch verbinde ich Urlaub.I associate the good smell with vacation.Dative · mitPractise „gut“ →
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