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Meet die Milch

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

All 4 meanings

  1. milk (white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume)
  2. milk (white or whitish liquid that is exuded by certain plants)
  3. white liquid that is a mixture of other substances, where one of the components is very finely distributed
  4. white semen of a male fish

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Milch, use the coloured column: feminine.

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

no plural

Examples

  1. 1
    Die kalte Milch steht auf dem Tisch.The cold milk is on the table.Nominative · subjectPractise „kalt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich trinke die frische Milch.I drink the fresh milk.Accusative · trinkenPractise „frisch“ →
  3. 3
    Paul kocht mit der frischen Milch.Paul cooks with the fresh milk.Dative · mitPractise „frisch“ →
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