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Meet der Spaß

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

All 3 meanings

  1. (uncountable) fun
  2. (countable) joke
  3. (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) Stands in for an often well-delimited or well-established process or transaction, often sarcastically to imply that the price or effort outweighs the fun or positive effect

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Spaß, 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 Späße · Dative plural den Späßen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der gemeinsame Spaß am Spiel verbindet alle.The shared fun of the game brings everyone together.Nominative · subjectPractise „gemeinsam“ →
  2. 2
    Ich hatte keinen richtigen Spaß dabei.I didn’t really enjoy it.Accusative · habenPractise „richtig“ →
  3. 3
    Mit kleinen Späßen lockert er die Stimmung.He lightens the mood with little jokes.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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