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Meet der Platz

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

All 9 meanings

  1. (architecture) square, plaza, piazza
  2. (architecture) circus
  3. space, room
  4. place, seat, spot, position (precise location someone or something occupies)
  5. (chiefly colloquial) place, location, site (in general)
  6. spot, place (position in a hierarchy or sequence)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Platz, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Plätze · Dative plural den Plätzen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der freie Platz gehört mir.The free seat belongs to me.Nominative · subjectPractise „frei“ →
  2. 2
    Ich reserviere heute den kleinen Platz.I’m reserving the small place today.Accusative · reservierenPractise „klein“ →
  3. 3
    Wir sprechen von einem schönen Platz.We’re talking about a beautiful square.Dative · vonPractise „schön“ →
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