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Meet der Name

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

All 4 meanings

  1. name (forename, Christian name, given name)
  2. name (surname, family name)
  3. name (full name)
  4. (grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun).

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Name, 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

n-noun den Namen, dem Namen · Plural die Namen

Name is an n-noun: it adds -(e)n in every case except the nominative singular.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der richtige Name steht auf dem Brief.The correct name is on the letter.Nominative · subjectPractise „richtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich schreibe meinen eigenen Namen auf das Formular.I write my own name on the form.Accusative · schreibenPractise „eigen“ →
  3. 3
    Ich helfe bei der Suche nach einem richtigen Namen.I help with the search for a correct name.Dative · nachPractise „richtig“ →
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