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Meet das Kind

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

All 2 meanings

  1. kid; child (young person)
  2. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Kind, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Kinder · Dative plural den Kindern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das kleine Kind spielt im Garten.The small child plays in the garden.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe ein kleines Kind am Fenster.I see a small child at the window.Accusative · sehenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Anna spricht mit ihrem kleinen Kind.Anna talks with her small child.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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