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Meet die Konkurrenz

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

All 2 meanings

  1. competition (act of competing)
  2. (singular only) competitors, competition (rival businesses)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Konkurrenz, 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 Konkurrenzen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die starke Konkurrenz wächst schnell.The strong competition is growing quickly.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Wir fürchten die starke Konkurrenz.We fear the strong competition.Accusative · fürchtenPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Der Verein begegnet der großen Konkurrenz mit Respekt.The club treats the major competition with respect.Dative · begegnenPractise „groß“ →
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