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Meet die Katze

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

All 4 meanings

  1. house cat, Felis silvestris catus
  2. (specifically) female house cat
  3. cat (any member of the genus Felis)
  4. (astronomy, historical) the obsolete constellation Felis

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Katze, 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 Katzen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die kleine Katze schläft auf dem Sofa.The small cat is sleeping on the sofa.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe die schwarze Katze am Fenster.I see the black cat by the window.Accusative · sehenPractise „schwarz“ →
  3. 3
    Ich helfe meiner kranken Katze.I help my sick cat.Dative · helfenPractise „krank“ →
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