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Meet das Holz

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (uncountable) wood (material)
  2. (countable) a particular kind of wood
  3. (countable) a piece of wood, usually small
  4. (countable, literary) grove; woods; small forest

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Holz, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Hölzer · Dative plural den Hölzern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das alte Holz brennt im Ofen.The old wood is burning in the stove.Nominative · subjectPractise „alt“ →
  2. 2
    Der Tischler kauft das gute Holz.The carpenter buys the good wood.Accusative · kaufenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Wir heizen mit dem trockenen Holz.We heat with the dry wood.Dative · mitPractise „trocken“ →
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