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Meet die Großmutter

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

All 2 meanings

  1. grandmother
  2. (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Großmutter, 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 Großmütter · Dative plural den Großmüttern

Examples

  1. 1
    Die alte Großmutter wohnt in Berlin.The old grandmother lives in Berlin.Nominative · subjectPractise „alt“ →
  2. 2
    Wir haben keine kranke Großmutter.We do not have a sick grandmother.Accusative · habenPractise „krank“ →
  3. 3
    Ich helfe der alten Großmutter kochen.I help the old grandmother cook.Dative · helfenPractise „alt“ →
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