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Meet das Licht

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

All 4 meanings

  1. light (electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum)
  2. light (a light source, often artificial)
  3. (colloquial) candle
  4. (hunting) eye of game, especially ground game

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Licht, 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 Lichter · Dative plural den Lichtern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das helle Licht reicht für den Raum.The bright light is enough for the room.Nominative · subjectPractise „hell“ →
  2. 2
    Ich schalte das starke Licht aus.I switch off the strong light.Accusative · ausschaltenPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Mit den hellen Lichtern sieht man den Weg.With the bright lights, you can see the path.Dative · mitPractise „hell“ →
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