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Meet der Schein

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

All 4 meanings

  1. shine, gleam, flash
  2. semblance, appearance
  3. (medicine, slang) A case which a medical professional liquidates by invoice
  4. (university slang) An individual class’s course credit (because till even the 2010s one would actually get a slip of paper)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Schein, 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 Scheine · Dative plural den Scheinen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der wichtige Schein ist noch gültig.The important certificate is still valid.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich brauche den neuen Schein für die Anmeldung.I need the new certificate for the registration.Accusative · brauchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit einem hellen Schein fällt Licht durch das Fenster.With a bright beam, light shines through the window.Dative · mitPractise „hell“ →
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