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Meet der Staat

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All 4 meanings

  1. country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory)
  2. state/government, authorities (the entire political and administrative system of such an entity)
  3. (archaic) entourage of a sovereign or prince
  4. (dated, except in idioms) stateliness; that which gives the effect of it; fine appearance in clothing and ménage

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Staat, 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 Staaten

Examples

  1. 1
    Der moderne Staat schützt die Bürger.The modern state protects its citizens.Nominative · subjectPractise „modern“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne den europäischen Staat.I know the European state.Accusative · kennenPractise „europäisch“ →
  3. 3
    Deutschland handelt mit dem kleinen Staat.Germany trades with the small state.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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