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Meet die Mission

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All 3 meanings

  1. (countable) mission (set of tasks)
  2. (countable) mission (group of people appointed for such a task; their place of work)
  3. (uncountable, definite) mission, evangelization, proselytism (religious, especially Christian, activism)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Mission, 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 Missionen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die politische Mission beginnt morgen.The political mission begins tomorrow.Nominative · subjectPractise „politisch“ →
  2. 2
    Wir planen die gemeinsame Mission.We are planning the joint mission.Accusative · planenPractise „gemeinsam“ →
  3. 3
    Mit der wichtigen Mission beginnt ein neues Projekt.A new project begins with the important mission.Dative · mitPractise „wichtig“ →
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