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Meet das Gymnasium

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

Meaning

  1. grammar school (UK), prep school (US) (school used to prepare students for university)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Gymnasium, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Gymnasien

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das große Gymnasium ist bekannt.The large secondary school is well known.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche heute ein modernes Gymnasium.I’m visiting a modern secondary school today.Accusative · besuchenPractise „modern“ →
  3. 3
    Die Stadt hilft dem öffentlichen Gymnasium.The city helps the public secondary school.Dative · helfenPractise „öffentlich“ →
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