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Meet der Strahl

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

All 5 meanings

  1. beam, ray (e.g. of light)
  2. jet (e.g. of water or ink)
  3. frog (part of a horse's hoof)
  4. (geometry) ray, half-line
  5. (obsolete, until 18th c.) arrow

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Strahl, 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 Strahlen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der helle Strahl fällt auf den Boden.The bright beam falls onto the floor.Nominative · subjectPractise „hell“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe den klaren Strahl durch das Fenster.I see the clear beam through the window.Accusative · sehenPractise „klar“ →
  3. 3
    Der Laser schneidet Metall mit einem starken Strahl.The laser cuts metal with a strong beam.Dative · mitPractise „stark“ →
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