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Meet die Gewalt

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

All 4 meanings

  1. strong or violent force
  2. violence [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘against someone/something’]
  3. physical control or power [with über (+ accusative) ‘over someone/something’]
  4. (now restricted to specific contexts) authority; legally established control or power [with über (+ accusative) ‘over someone/something’]

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Gewalt, 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 Gewalten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schlimme Gewalt gegen Frauen ist strafbar.The terrible violence against women is punishable.Nominative · subjectPractise „schlimm“ →
  2. 2
    Die Polizei bekämpft die politische Gewalt.The police combat political violence.Accusative · bekämpfenPractise „politisch“ →
  3. 3
    Viele Menschen leiden unter der ständigen Gewalt.Many people suffer from the ongoing violence.Dative · unterPractise „ständig“ →
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