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Meet der Mittag

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

All 2 meanings

  1. noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon (time from about 11 a.m. to 2 p.m)
  2. (archaic) south (compass point representing 180°)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Mittag, 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 Mittage · Dative plural den Mittagen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der ganze Mittag vergeht schnell.The whole lunchtime passes quickly.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Wir verbringen einen ruhigen Mittag im Park.We spend a peaceful midday in the park.Accusative · verbringenPractise „ruhig“ →
  3. 3
    Er verbringt seinen ruhigen Mittag draußen.He spends his peaceful midday outdoors.Accusative · verbringenPractise „ruhig“ →
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