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Meet der Student

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

Meaning

  1. student (person attending lectures at a university; male or of unspecified sex)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Student, 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

n-noun den Studenten, dem Studenten · Plural die Studenten

Student is an n-noun: it adds -(e)n in every case except the nominative singular.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der junge Student lernt Deutsch.The young student is learning German.Nominative · subjectPractise „jung“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe einen alten Studenten.I see an old student.Accusative · sehenPractise „alt“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem netten Studenten spreche ich.I speak with the nice student.Dative · mitPractise „nett“ →
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