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Meet der Stock

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All 6 meanings

  1. stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)
  2. stick, staff (length of wood or other hard material that is being used as an aid in movement, e.g. in hiking or skiiing)
  3. floor, storey, level
  4. stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
  5. (card games) pile of undealt cards, deck
  6. the entirety of roots of a plant; stock

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Stock, 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 Stöcke · Dative plural den Stöcken

Examples

  1. 1
    Der lange Stock liegt neben der Tür.The long stick is lying next to the door.Nominative · subjectPractise „lang“ →
  2. 2
    Ich nehme einen kurzen Stock mit.I take a short stick with me.Accusative · mitnehmenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Er geht mit seinem alten Stock spazieren.He goes for a walk with his old stick.Dative · mitPractise „alt“ →
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