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Meet das Institut

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

All 2 meanings

  1. institute (independent research institution)
  2. department (subdivision of a faculty)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Institut, 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 Institute · Dative plural den Instituten

Examples

  1. 1
    Das bekannte Institut bietet Sprachkurse an.The well-known institute offers language courses.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche ein deutsches Institut.I am visiting a German institute.Accusative · besuchenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Der Professor spricht mit dem neuen Institut.The professor is speaking with the new institute.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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