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Meet das Paket

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

All 3 meanings

  1. packet, package, parcel (the term is almost exclusively used for packages sent by mail)
  2. (figurative, chiefly economics, politics) package, bundle (collective of different, often immaterial things)
  3. (networking) data packet

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Paket, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Pakete · Dative plural den Paketen

Examples

  1. 1
    Ein kleines Paket kommt heute an.A small package arrives today.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich öffne das neue Paket.I open the new package.Accusative · öffnenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Sie reist mit dem großen Paket.She travels with the large package.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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