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Meet die Leistung

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All 4 meanings

  1. performance, accomplishment, achievement
  2. service
  3. (law) contractual performance
  4. (physics) power

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Leistung, 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 Leistungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Leistung überzeugt den Trainer.The good performance impresses the coach.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich bewundere eine starke Leistung.I admire a strong performance.Accusative · bewundernPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Der Trainer ist mit der guten Leistung zufrieden.The coach is satisfied with the good performance.Dative · mitPractise „gut“ →
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