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Meet das Spiel

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (countable) a game (instance or way of playing)
  2. (uncountable) gameplay, the experience or act of playing
  3. (uncountable, mechanics) backlash, lash, play, slack (certain looseness of components, often intended)
  4. (uncountable, figurative) leeway, wiggle room
  5. (Switzerland) military band, marching band

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Spiel, 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 Spiele · Dative plural den Spielen

Examples

  1. 1
    Das neue Spiel beginnt gleich.The new game starts soon.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Wir kaufen heute ein gutes Spiel.We are buying a good game today.Accusative · kaufenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Mia lernt mit dem einfachen Spiel schnell.Mia learns quickly with the easy game.Dative · mitPractise „einfach“ →
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