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Meet der Stoff

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All 6 meanings

  1. stuff, matter, substance
  2. (education) the contents of a learning programme
  3. (chemistry) substance
  4. cloth, fabric, material
  5. (slang, uncountable) dope (narcotic drugs)
  6. (bodybuilding, slang) juice, performance-enhancing substances

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Stoff, 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 Stoffe · Dative plural den Stoffen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der gute Stoff fühlt sich angenehm an.The good material feels pleasant.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe heute den blauen Stoff.I am buying the blue material today.Accusative · kaufenPractise „blau“ →
  3. 3
    Das Hemd ist aus einem dünnen Stoff gemacht.The shirt is made of a thin material.Dative · ausPractise „dünn“ →
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