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Meet das Schicksal

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All 3 meanings

  1. (uncountable) destiny, fate (irresistible power that predetermines events)
  2. (countable) someone's destiny, fate
  3. (countable) life story; the general conditions and main developments of a person's life; more often than in English used without any notion of predetermination

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Schicksal, 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 Schicksale · Dative plural den Schicksalen

Examples

  1. 1
    Das schwere Schicksal ist bekannt.The difficult fate is known.Nominative · subjectPractise „schwer“ →
  2. 2
    Er akzeptiert kein schlimmes Schicksal.He accepts no terrible fate.Accusative · akzeptierenPractise „schlimm“ →
  3. 3
    Sie spricht von ihrem eigenen Schicksal.She speaks of her own fate.Dative · vonPractise „eigen“ →
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