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Meet die Not

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

All 3 meanings

  1. need, imminence
  2. necessity, poverty
  3. emergency, crisis

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Not, 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 Nöte · Dative plural den Nöten

Examples

  1. 1
    Nach der Flut beginnt die große Not.After the flood, severe hardship begins.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Das Land kennt keine große Not.The country knows no severe hardship.Accusative · kennenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Er erzählt von seiner großen Not.He talks about his severe hardship.Dative · vonPractise „groß“ →
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