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Meet die Meldung

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

All 5 meanings

  1. report, notification
  2. report, news item
  3. a volunteering, an answer (to an advertisement etc.)
  4. the act of putting up one's hand (e.g. in school)
  5. (military) the act of announcing (oneself or a lined-up unit) to a superior; reporting for duty

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Meldung, 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 Meldungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die wichtige Meldung kommt heute.The important report is coming today.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich lese eine kurze Meldung.I am reading a short report.Accusative · lesenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Ich beginne mit meiner kurzen Meldung.I begin with my short report.Dative · mitPractise „kurz“ →
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