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Meet die Politik

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All 3 meanings

  1. politics (profession of conducting political affairs)
  2. policy (principle of action applied or followed by a government or organization)
  3. (informal, definite, collective) politicians (the political actors of a nation or other organization, generalized into a singular collective agent)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Politik, 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 Politiken

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die deutsche Politik beeinflusst viele Menschen.German politics affects many people.Nominative · subjectPractise „deutsch“ →
  2. 2
    Viele Menschen kritisieren die aktuelle Politik.Many people criticize current politics.Accusative · kritisierenPractise „aktuell“ →
  3. 3
    Mit einer klaren Politik gewinnt die Partei Vertrauen.A clear political approach helps the party gain trust.Dative · mitPractise „klar“ →
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