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Meet die Gesellschaft

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

All 5 meanings

  1. company (presence of other people in general)
  2. company (group of people)
  3. society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general)
  4. society (organised group of people with common interests)
  5. (law) company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Gesellschaft, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Gesellschaften

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die deutsche Gesellschaft verändert sich langsam.German society is changing slowly.Nominative · subjectPractise „deutsch“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne keine internationale Gesellschaft in dieser Stadt.I don't know any international company in this city.Accusative · kennenPractise „international“ →
  3. 3
    In der modernen Gesellschaft leben viele Menschen.Many people live in modern society.Dative · inPractise „modern“ →
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