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Meet das Parlament

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All 2 meanings

  1. (politics) parliament
  2. (architecture) legislative building

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Parlament, 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 Parlamente · Dative plural den Parlamenten

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das deutsche Parlament tagt heute.The German parliament is in session today.Nominative · subjectPractise „deutsch“ →
  2. 2
    Die Bürger wählen ein neues Parlament.The citizens elect a new parliament.Accusative · wählenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem neuen Parlament beginnt die Legislaturperiode.A legislative term begins with the new parliament.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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