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Meet das Papier

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (usually uncountable) paper (material)
  2. (usually uncountable) wrapping made of paper or a similar material, e.g. with foodstuffs
  3. (countable) a sheet of paper
  4. (chiefly in the plural) a document or proof, especially ellipsis of Ausweispapier (“identity document, papers”)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Papier, 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 Papiere · Dative plural den Papieren

Examples

  1. 1
    Das weiße Papier liegt auf dem Tisch.The white paper is on the table.Nominative · subjectPractise „weiß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich unterschreibe das offizielle Papier.I sign the official document.Accusative · unterschreibenPractise „offiziell“ →
  3. 3
    Anna arbeitet mit ihrem eigenen Papier.Anna is working with her own paper.Dative · mitPractise „eigen“ →
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