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Meet der Himmel

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

All 4 meanings

  1. sky
  2. heaven
  3. (bed) canopy
  4. (automotive) headliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Himmel, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Himmel · Dative plural den Himmeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Der blaue Himmel gefällt mir.The blue sky pleases me.Nominative · subjectPractise „blau“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den klaren Himmel.I see the clear sky.Accusative · sehenPractise „klar“ →
  3. 3
    Sie träumt von einem klaren Himmel.She dreams of a clear sky.Dative · vonPractise „klar“ →
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