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Meet die Stadt

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

All 4 meanings

  1. city (a large settlement)
  2. town (a settlement larger than a village)
  3. (metonymic) city center (a central business area of a city)
  4. (metonymic) city, town, town council, city council (a governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Stadt, 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 Städte · Dative plural den Städten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die bekannte Stadt ist sehr lebendig.The well-known city is very lively.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche die schöne Stadt.I visit the beautiful city.Accusative · besuchenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Maria fährt aus ihrer kleinen Stadt nach Berlin.Maria travels from her small city to Berlin.Dative · ausPractise „klein“ →
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