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Meet die Spur

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

All 6 meanings

  1. trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
  2. trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
  3. lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
  4. lane (of a street, road)
  5. (music) track
  6. (mathematics) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Spur, use the coloured columns: feminine 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 Spuren

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die deutliche Spur ist auf dem Foto sichtbar.The clear track is visible in the photo.Nominative · subjectPractise „deutlich“ →
  2. 2
    Die Polizei verfolgt die deutliche Spur.The police follow the clear track.Accusative · verfolgenPractise „deutlich“ →
  3. 3
    Der Hund folgt einer frischen Spur.The dog follows a fresh track.Dative · folgenPractise „frisch“ →
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