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Meet die Straße

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

All 7 meanings

  1. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
  2. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) public, any area accessible to anyone
  4. (figuratively) general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group
  5. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these
  6. strait (channel of water)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Straße, 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 Straßen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die lange Straße ist heute gesperrt.The long street is closed today.Nominative · subjectPractise „lang“ →
  2. 2
    Hier gibt es keine ruhige Straße.There is no quiet street here.Accusative · gebenPractise „ruhig“ →
  3. 3
    Der Bus fährt von der bekannten Straße ab.The bus leaves from the well-known street.Dative · vonPractise „bekannt“ →
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