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Meet das Jahr

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

All 4 meanings

  1. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun)
  2. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
  3. year (period between set dates that mark a year)
  4. year (level or grade in school or college)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Jahr, 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 Jahre · Dative plural den Jahren

Examples

  1. 1
    Das neue Jahr beginnt im Januar.The new year begins in January.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich brauche ein gutes Jahr.I need a good year.Accusative · brauchenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Nach einem langen Jahr brauche ich Urlaub.After a long year, I need a vacation.Dative · nachPractise „lang“ →
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