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Meet die Mutter

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

All 2 meanings

  1. mother
  2. (hardware) nut (for a bolt)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Mutter, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Mütter · Dative plural den Müttern

Examples

  1. 1
    Die junge Mutter arbeitet im Krankenhaus.The young mother works in the hospital.Nominative · subjectPractise „jung“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche die alte Mutter.I visit the old mother.Accusative · besuchenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Anna hilft ihrer alten Mutter.Anna helps her elderly mother.Dative · helfenPractise „alt“ →
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