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Meet der Sport

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All 3 meanings

  1. sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
  2. athletics, sports, exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
  3. physical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Sport, use the coloured column: masculine.

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

no plural

Examples

  1. 1
    Der gemeinsame Sport macht den Kindern Spaß.Doing sports together is fun for the children.Nominative · subjectPractise „gemeinsam“ →
  2. 2
    Wir brauchen den täglichen Sport.We need daily exercise.Accusative · brauchenPractise „täglich“ →
  3. 3
    Paul ist mit seinem neuen Sport zufrieden.Paul is happy with his new sport.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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