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Meet die Schwester

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

All 4 meanings

  1. sister
  2. (chiefly colloquial, short for Krankenschwester) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
  3. nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
  4. (Christianity) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Schwester, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Schwestern

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Schwester kocht das Abendessen.The good sister is cooking dinner.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche eine junge Schwester.I visit a young sister.Accusative · besuchenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Er hilft seiner jungen Schwester.He helps his young sister.Dative · helfenPractise „jung“ →
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