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Meet die Hoffnung

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

All 3 meanings

  1. hope, the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will really happen.
  2. (inanimate) hope, the actual thing wished for
  3. (animate) hope, a person or thing that is a source of hope

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Hoffnung, 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 Hoffnungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die große Hoffnung wächst langsam.The great hope grows slowly.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich habe eine neue Hoffnung.I have a new hope.Accusative · habenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Anna lebt mit ihrer neuen Hoffnung.Anna lives with her new hope.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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