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Meet der Hund

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

All 3 meanings

  1. dog, hound
  2. (derogatory) scoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
  3. A board with casters used to transport heavy objects.

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Hund, 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 Hunde · Dative plural den Hunden

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Hund schläft.The big dog is sleeping.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den alten Hund.I see the old dog.Accusative · sehenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Ich spiele mit meinem lieben Hund.I play with my dear dog.Dative · mitPractise „lieb“ →
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