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Meet die Richtung

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

All 2 meanings

  1. direction
  2. school of thought, branch, subfield (also used in a wider sense of "type" in certain compounds)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Richtung, 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 Richtungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die richtige Richtung führt zum Bahnhof.The right direction leads to the train station.Nominative · subjectPractise „richtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne die genaue Richtung nicht.I don't know the exact direction.Accusative · kennenPractise „genau“ →
  3. 3
    Anna folgt einer künstlerischen Richtung.Anna follows an artistic direction.Dative · folgenPractise „künstlerisch“ →
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