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Meet die Haltung

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All 4 meanings

  1. posture (manner of holding one's body)
  2. (military) attention
  3. attitude, stance [with zu (+ dative) ‘on/regarding a matter’]
  4. keeping, husbandry (now especially of animals)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Haltung, 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 Haltungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Haltung hilft im Alltag.The good attitude helps in everyday life.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich brauche eine klare Haltung zu diesem Thema.I need a clear stance on this issue.Accusative · brauchenPractise „klar“ →
  3. 3
    Mit seiner neuen Haltung fühlt er sich wohl.He feels comfortable with his new attitude.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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