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Meet die Stellung

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All 7 meanings

  1. position, posture (specific way of holding or positioning the body)
  2. sex position
  3. position (position attained against the competition of others, but not numerically quantified)
  4. (military) position (defended spot to be held and from where to prepare attacks)
  5. stance, position, opinion (expressed view regarding a matter of discussion)
  6. (officialese) verbal noun of stellen: posing; lodging

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Stellung, 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 Stellungen

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

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Stellung ist bekannt.The good position is well-known.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Anna sucht eine neue Stellung.Anna is looking for a new position.Accusative · suchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit der neuen Stellung verdient Anna mehr.With the new position, Anna earns more.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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