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Meet das Stück

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

All 6 meanings

  1. (invariant) one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)
  2. (invariant) head (a single animal)
  3. (declinable or invariant) piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
  4. Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)
  5. (derogatory and/or sexual) a person, often female
  6. (military, obsolete) piece (artillery gun)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Stück, 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 Stücke · Dative plural den Stücken

Examples

  1. 1
    Das kleine Stück schmeckt mir gut.The small piece tastes good to me.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich esse ein großes Stück.I am eating a large piece.Accusative · essenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem letzten Stück ist er zufrieden.He is happy with the last piece.Dative · mitPractise „letzte“ →
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