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Meet der Schlag

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (also figurative) blow, hit
  2. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)
  3. (figurative) type, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Schlag, 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 Schläge · Dative plural den Schlägen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der starke Schlag tut weh.The strong blow hurts.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Ich spüre einen starken Schlag.I feel a strong blow.Accusative · spürenPractise „stark“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem ersten Schlag beginnt das Spiel.The game begins with the first blow.Dative · mitPractise „erste“ →
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