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Meet der Kreis

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

All 5 meanings

  1. circle
  2. (figurative) range, scope
  3. a type of territorial administrative division, district
  4. a group of people united by a common interest
  5. (graph theory) cycle

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Kreis, 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 Kreise · Dative plural den Kreisen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kleine Kreis ist gut erreichbar.The small district is easy to reach.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Wir besuchen den bekannten Kreis.We visit the well-known district.Accusative · besuchenPractise „bekannt“ →
  3. 3
    Paul kennt Anna. Sie gehört zu seinem sozialen Kreis.Paul knows Anna. She belongs to his social circle.Dative · zuPractise „sozial“ →
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