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Meet der Spiegel

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

All 7 meanings

  1. mirror (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light)
  2. level (of a liquid within a delimited space or a substance in a liquid mixture)
  3. surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid)
  4. schematic overview, table (two-dimensional presentation of data)
  5. on the forehead of horses and cattle
  6. on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Spiegel, 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 Spiegel · Dative plural den Spiegeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Spiegel ist kaputt.The large mirror is broken.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe einen neuen Spiegel.I am buying a new mirror.Accusative · kaufenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Ich schminke mich mit dem kleinen Spiegel.I put on makeup using the small mirror.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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