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Meet der Leiter

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

Same spelling, different gender and meaning:

  • der Leiter (leader)
  • die Leiter (ladder)

The exercises use der Leiter.

der Leiter · All 2 meanings

  1. leader, director, manager, head, chief (male or of unspecified sex)
  2. (physics, electricity, electronics) conductor, lead, wire, line

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Leiter, 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 Leiter · Dative plural den Leitern

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Leiter leitet das Team.The new leader leads the team.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne einen guten Leiter.I know a good leader.Accusative · kennenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Wir danken dem bekannten Leiter.We thank the well-known leader.Dative · dankenPractise „bekannt“ →
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