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Meet die Seele

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

All 9 meanings

  1. soul
  2. mind, spirit
  3. (by extension) human being, soul
  4. (firearms) bore (of a gun)
  5. (anatomy) swim bladder
  6. (electrical engineering) core (of an electric cable)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Seele, 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 Seelen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die starke Seele braucht Ruhe.The strong soul needs rest.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Er hat eine gute Seele.He has a good soul.Accusative · habenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Mit einer starken Seele übersteht sie die Krise.With a strong soul, she gets through the crisis.Dative · mitPractise „stark“ →
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