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Meet das Leben

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

All 12 meanings

  1. (uncountable) gerund of leben: living
  2. (uncountable, biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaptation and replication
  3. (uncountable, biology) the entirety of those who are in this state
  4. (countable) the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death
  5. (uncountable, religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed
  6. (countable) life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Leben, 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 Leben

Examples

  1. 1
    Das eigene Leben verändert sich mit der Zeit.One’s own life changes over time.Nominative · subjectPractise „eigen“ →
  2. 2
    Anna liebt ihr eigenes Leben.Anna loves her own life.Accusative · liebenPractise „eigen“ →
  3. 3
    Paul gibt seinem neuen Leben eine Richtung.Paul gives his new life a direction.Dative · gebenPractise „neu“ →
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