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Meet die Person

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

All 2 meanings

  1. person, individual
  2. (derogatory, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Person, 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 Personen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die nette Person arbeitet im Büro.The nice person works in the office.Nominative · subjectPractise „nett“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne die bekannte Person.I know the well-known person.Accusative · kennenPractise „bekannt“ →
  3. 3
    Anna hilft einer alten Person.Anna is helping an older person.Dative · helfenPractise „alt“ →
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