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Meet der Hof

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

All 4 meanings

  1. yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
  2. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
  3. farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
  4. (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Hof, 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 Höfe · Dative plural den Höfen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Hof gehört der Familie.The large courtyard belongs to the family.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Wir reinigen den alten Hof.We clean the old courtyard.Accusative · reinigenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Paul führt seine Gäste zu seinem grünen Hof.Paul leads his guests to his green courtyard.Dative · zuPractise „grün“ →
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