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Meet der Ort

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

All 10 meanings

  1. place, location, point, position
  2. place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town
  3. (metonymic) the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement
  4. (geometry) locus, point (plural Örter)
  5. (Switzerland, dated) canton (plural Orte; also neuter)
  6. (dated or dialectal) awl

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Ort, 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 Orte · Dative plural den Orten

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kleine Ort liegt am Fluss.The small place is by the river.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Wir besuchen den schönen Ort.We visit the beautiful place.Accusative · besuchenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Anna erzählt von einem schönen Ort in Bayern.Anna talks about a beautiful place in Bavaria.Dative · vonPractise „schön“ →
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