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Meet der Offizier

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (military) commissioned officer (soldier from the rank of lieutenant upwards)
  2. (history, especially communism, East Germany) a high-ranking official or civil servant in various government agencies
  3. (chess) any chess piece which is not a pawn: a knight, bishop, rook / castle, queen, or king

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Offizier, 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 Offiziere · Dative plural den Offizieren

Examples

  1. 1
    Der junge Offizier arbeitet heute im Büro.The young officer is working in the office today.Nominative · subjectPractise „jung“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne den deutschen Offizier aus Berlin.I know the German officer from Berlin.Accusative · kennenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Wir sprechen mit dem neuen Offizier.We are speaking with the new officer.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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