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Meet der See

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

Same spelling, different gender and meaning:

  • der See (lake)
  • die See (sea)

The exercises use der See.

die See · All 2 meanings

  1. (uncountable, singular only) sea, ocean
  2. (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der See, 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 Seen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der tiefe See ist kalt.The deep lake is cold.Nominative · subjectPractise „tief“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den großen See von hier.I can see the large lake from here.Accusative · sehenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Das Dorf liegt bei dem kleinen See.The village is by the small lake.Dative · beiPractise „klein“ →
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