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Meet die Platte

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

All 7 meanings

  1. flat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object
  2. A flat, fairly large serving plate, or (by extension) the food served on it.
  3. (geology) tectonic plate
  4. (climbing) smooth rock with no hand- or footholds
  5. (numismatics) planchet
  6. bivouac; overnight camp

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Platte, 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 Platten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die runde Platte liegt auf dem Tisch.The round plate is on the table.Nominative · subjectPractise „rund“ →
  2. 2
    Anna kauft die schöne Platte.Anna buys the beautiful plate.Accusative · kaufenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Anna isst von ihrer großen Platte.Anna eats from her large platter.Dative · vonPractise „groß“ →
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