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Meet das Schiff

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

All 6 meanings

  1. (nautical) ship
  2. (architecture) nave
  3. (informal) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
  4. (obsolete) vessel (for holding fluids)
  5. (dated, regional) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
  6. (printing) galley (tray)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Schiff, 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 Schiffe · Dative plural den Schiffen

Examples

  1. 1
    Das große Schiff fährt über das Meer.The large ship sails across the sea.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe das neue Schiff im Hafen.I see the new ship in the harbor.Accusative · sehenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Wir fahren mit dem alten Schiff nach Kiel.We are traveling to Kiel on the old ship.Dative · mitPractise „alt“ →
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