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Meet die Oper

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

All 2 meanings

  1. opera (theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
  2. opera house, opera (theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Oper, 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 Opern

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schöne Oper beginnt um acht.The beautiful opera starts at eight.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Wir besuchen die bekannte Oper.We are visiting the famous opera.Accusative · besuchenPractise „bekannt“ →
  3. 3
    Anna beschäftigt sich mit ihrer neuen Oper.Anna is working on her new opera.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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