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Meet der Schnee

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (uncountable, meteorology) snow
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) snow (static on TV set etc.)
  3. (uncountable, slang) cocaine

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Schnee, use the coloured column: masculine.

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

no plural

Examples

  1. 1
    Der weiße Schnee liegt auf den Straßen.The white snow is lying in the streets.Nominative · subjectPractise „weiß“ →
  2. 2
    Die Kinder schieben den schweren Schnee zur Seite.The children push the heavy snow aside.Accusative · schiebenPractise „schwer“ →
  3. 3
    Der frische Schnee bleibt bis morgen liegen.The fresh snow will remain on the ground until tomorrow.Nominative · subjectPractise „frisch“ →
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