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Meet das Kleid

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

All 4 meanings

  1. dress, gown (kind of woman's garment)
  2. (dated or archaic) garment
  3. (in the plural, formal) clothes
  4. (of animals) pelt, plumage

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Kleid, 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 Kleider · Dative plural den Kleidern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das rote Kleid passt gut.The red dress fits well.Nominative · subjectPractise „rot“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe ein neues Kleid.I buy a new dress.Accusative · kaufenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Sie kommt in ihrem schönen Kleid zu einer Feier.She comes to a party in her beautiful dress.Dative · inPractise „schön“ →
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