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Meet der Morgen

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

All 3 meanings

  1. morning (part of the day from dawn to noon)
  2. (agriculture, dated) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); (informal) acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific)
  3. (archaic, poetic) east (direction of the rising sun at an equinox)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Morgen, 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 Morgen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der schöne Morgen beginnt mit Vogelgesang.The beautiful morning begins with birdsong.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Ich wünsche mir einen guten Morgen ohne Stress.I hope for a good morning without stress.Accusative · wünschenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Seit dem frühen Morgen arbeitet Paul.Paul has been working since the early morning.Dative · seitPractise „früh“ →
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