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Meet die Sendung

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

All 5 meanings

  1. delivery (by a postal service)
  2. programme (performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)
  3. transmission, broadcasting (broadcast of a radio or television programme)
  4. motivation
  5. (religion) mission

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Sendung, 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 Sendungen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die neue Sendung beginnt um acht Uhr.The new broadcast starts at eight.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Wir sehen die deutsche Sendung am Wochenende.We watch the German broadcast at the weekend.Accusative · sehenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Paul spricht von seiner neuen Sendung.Paul talks about his new broadcast.Dative · vonPractise „neu“ →
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