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Meet das Mittel

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

All 6 meanings

  1. agent, appliance
  2. means
  3. medicament, remedy
  4. (plural only) funds, capital
  5. median
  6. (uncountable, printing, dated) The middle of the 7 traditional sizes of German type, between Cicero and Tertia, standardized as 14 point and taken as roughly equivalent to "English" type.

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Mittel, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Mittel · Dative plural den Mitteln

Examples

  1. 1
    Das einfache Mittel hilft mir.The simple means helps me.Nominative · subjectPractise „einfach“ →
  2. 2
    Ich brauche ein gutes Mittel.I need a good means.Accusative · brauchenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem richtigen Mittel klappt die Reparatur.The repair works with the right means.Dative · mitPractise „richtig“ →
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