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Meet das Rad

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

All 3 meanings

  1. wheel
  2. (gymnastics) cartwheel
  3. (physics) rad (non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Rad, 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 Räder · Dative plural den Rädern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das runde Rad rollt.The round wheel rolls.Nominative · subjectPractise „rund“ →
  2. 2
    Er braucht ein großes Rad.He needs a large wheel.Accusative · brauchenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Anna fährt mit ihrem alten Rad.Anna rides her old bike.Dative · mitPractise „alt“ →
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