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Meet die Kugel

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

All 7 meanings

  1. a ball, usually solid
  2. (firearms) bullet, projectile
  3. (firearms, loosely) round, cartridge, bullet
  4. (of ice cream) scoop
  5. (astronomy, geography) orb, globe, celestial body
  6. (geometry) sphere, orb

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Kugel, 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 Kugeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Die rote Kugel rollt über den Boden.The red ball rolls across the floor.Nominative · subjectPractise „rot“ →
  2. 2
    Ich nehme die kleine Kugel aus der Kiste.I take the small ball out of the box.Accusative · nehmenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Paul spielt mit seiner neuen Kugel.Paul plays with his new ball.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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