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Meet der Stein

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

All 6 meanings

  1. stone, rock
  2. any stone-like material such as brick or concrete
  3. pit (core of a fruit)
  4. (historical) stone (unit of weight)
  5. (colloquial, in the plural) money, bucks
  6. (regional) stein (type of beer mug)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Stein, 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 Steine · Dative plural den Steinen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Stein blockiert den Weg.The large stone blocks the path.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich hebe einen schweren Stein.I lift a heavy stone.Accusative · hebenPractise „schwer“ →
  3. 3
    Ich arbeite mit einem runden Stein.I work with a round stone.Dative · mitPractise „rund“ →
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