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Meet das Land

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

All 5 meanings

  1. country (territory of a nation)
  2. state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
  3. land (real estate or landed property)
  4. land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
  5. country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Land, 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 Länder · Dative plural den Ländern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das große Land liegt am Meer.The large country lies by the sea.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Wir besuchen ein fremdes Land.We are visiting a foreign country.Accusative · besuchenPractise „fremd“ →
  3. 3
    Er kommt aus seinem kleinen Land.He comes from his small country.Dative · ausPractise „klein“ →
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