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Meet der Stern

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

All 8 meanings

  1. a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
  2. (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
  3. (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
  4. a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
  5. (printing, often Sternchen) an asterisk (*)
  6. (figuratively, chiefly Sternchen) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Stern, 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 Sterne · Dative plural den Sternen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der helle Stern leuchtet am Himmel.The bright star shines in the sky.Nominative · subjectPractise „hell“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe einen hellen Stern über dem Haus.I see a bright star above the house.Accusative · sehenPractise „hell“ →
  3. 3
    Sie beschäftigt sich mit einem hellen Stern.She is studying a bright star.Dative · mitPractise „hell“ →
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