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Meet der Kasten

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (regional, Germany) crate (e.g. for bottles)
  2. (regional, Germany) box, case
  3. (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard
  4. (sports, journalistic) goal (area)
  5. (slang) tall person with a broad frame, (absolute) unit, tank

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Kasten, 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 Kästen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Kasten steht neben der Tür.The big box stands next to the door.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich öffne einen kleinen Kasten.I open a small box.Accusative · öffnenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Wir transportieren die Bücher mit unseren großen Kästen.We transport the books using our large crates.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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