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Meet das Medium

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (usually in the plural) media, medium (format for communicating or presenting information)
  2. medium (the nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum or a specific substance)
  3. medium (someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world)
  4. (linguistics) middle voice

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Medium, 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 Medien

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Das bekannte Medium informiert viele Menschen.The well-known medium informs many people.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich nutze ein neues Medium für meine Arbeit.I use a new medium for my work.Accusative · nutzenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem internationalen Medium arbeitet Anna jeden Tag.Anna works with the international medium every day.Dative · mitPractise „international“ →
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