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Meet der Junge

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

All 2 meanings

  1. (Germany) boy
  2. (Germany, card games) jack

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Junge, 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

n-noun den Jungen, dem Jungen · Plural die Jungen

Junge is an n-noun: it adds -(e)n in every case except the nominative singular.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kleine Junge lernt Deutsch.The little boy is learning German.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe heute einen jungen Jungen.I see a young boy today.Accusative · sehenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Die Lehrerin hilft dem kranken Jungen.The teacher helps the sick boy.Dative · helfenPractise „krank“ →
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