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Meet die Heimat

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

All 2 meanings

  1. (of a person) home, home town, homeland, native land
  2. (figurative, of things) home; homeland; place where something originated or where it is deep-rooted

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Heimat, 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 Heimaten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schöne Heimat liegt am Meer.The beautiful homeland lies by the sea.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Ich vermisse die deutsche Heimat.I miss the German homeland.Accusative · vermissenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Sie erzählt von ihrer eigenen Heimat.She talks about her own homeland.Dative · vonPractise „eigen“ →
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