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Meet der Sack

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

All 4 meanings

  1. sack (large bag, especially one made of fabric)
  2. (informal) the sack; ellipsis of Hodensack (“scrotum”)
  3. (informal, derogatory) prick; sod
  4. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) pocket

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Sack, 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 Säcke · Dative plural den Säcken

Examples

  1. 1
    Der volle Sack steht neben der Tür.The full sack is standing next to the door.Nominative · subjectPractise „voll“ →
  2. 2
    Ich trage einen schweren Sack nach Hause.I am carrying a heavy sack home.Accusative · tragenPractise „schwer“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem großen Sack sammle ich Laub.I collect leaves with the large sack.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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