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Meet die Kartoffel

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

All 2 meanings

  1. potato
  2. (sometimes derogatory) a German; particularly an ethnic German from the perspective of allochthonous populations in Germany

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Kartoffel, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Kartoffeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Die kleine Kartoffel liegt im Korb.The small potato is in the basket.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe eine frische Kartoffel.I am buying a fresh potato.Accusative · kaufenPractise „frisch“ →
  3. 3
    Anna kocht mit ihrer großen Kartoffel eine Suppe.Anna is making soup with her large potato.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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