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Meet der Schaden

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All 2 meanings

  1. damage; harm
  2. (colloquial, informal) mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Schaden, 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 Schäden

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Schaden belastet die Firma.The major damage burdens the company.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Wir melden einen schweren Schaden.We report serious damage.Accusative · meldenPractise „schwer“ →
  3. 3
    Die Versicherung hilft bei einem schweren Schaden.The insurance company helps in the event of serious damage.Dative · beiPractise „schwer“ →
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