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Meet das Märchen

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

All 2 meanings

  1. fairy tale (folk tale)
  2. (informal) fairy tale (unbelievable story)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Märchen, 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 Märchen

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das gute Märchen endet glücklich.The good fairy tale ends happily.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich lese ein schönes Märchen vor.I read a beautiful fairy tale aloud.Accusative · vorlesenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Das Kind träumt von dem alten Märchen.The child dreams of the old fairy tale.Dative · vonPractise „alt“ →
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