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Meet der Kapitän

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (nautical, aviation) captain
  2. (other military, obsolete, except in translation of cognate words) captain (medium-level officer rank)
  3. (sports) captain (player who leads a team and serves as contact person for the referee)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Kapitän, 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 Kapitäne · Dative plural den Kapitänen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der bekannte Kapitän begrüßt die Gäste.The well-known captain greets the guests.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich frage einen jungen Kapitän nach der Route.I ask a young captain about the route.Accusative · fragenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Wir danken dem neuen Kapitän.We thank the new captain.Dative · dankenPractise „neu“ →
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