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Meet der Monat

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

All 3 meanings

  1. month (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)
  2. month (any period of such length)
  3. month (period between two new moons)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Monat, 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 Monate · Dative plural den Monaten

Examples

  1. 1
    Der lange Monat beginnt mit einem Feiertag.The long month begins with a public holiday.Nominative · subjectPractise „lang“ →
  2. 2
    Wir planen meinen nächsten Monat gemeinsam.We are planning my next month together.Accusative · planenPractise „nächste“ →
  3. 3
    Wir sprechen von dem letzten Monat.We are talking about the last month.Dative · vonPractise „letzte“ →
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