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Meet das Spektrum

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All 3 meanings

  1. spectrum (range of colours, frequencies etc.)
  2. (figurative) spectrum (the full range of anything)
  3. (obsolete) spectre (apparition, phantom)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Spektrum, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Spektren

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das ganze Spektrum zeigt alle Farben des Lichts.The whole spectrum shows all the colors of light.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Wir untersuchen ein breites Spektrum.We are studying a broad spectrum.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „breit“ →
  3. 3
    Ich arbeite mit einem breiten Spektrum an Methoden.I work with a broad range of methods.Dative · mitPractise „breit“ →
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