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Meet der Mitarbeiter

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

All 4 meanings

  1. employee (person who works, together with others, in a particular business or institution)
  2. collaborator (person who works with others towards a common goal)
  3. assistant (person who assists another person in a business)
  4. staff member

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Mitarbeiter, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Mitarbeiter · Dative plural den Mitarbeitern

Examples

  1. 1
    Der neue Mitarbeiter beginnt die Sitzung.The new employee starts the meeting.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe einen jungen Mitarbeiter vor dem Büro.I see a young employee in front of the office.Accusative · sehenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Wir helfen dem neuen Mitarbeiter bei der Arbeit.We help the new employee at work.Dative · helfenPractise „neu“ →
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