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Meet die Stufe

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

All 4 meanings

  1. step, tread (of a stair or ladder)
  2. degree, stage, level, rank, phase
  3. (mining) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral
  4. (paleontology, geology) age

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Stufe, 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 Stufen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die schwierige Stufe ist geschafft.The difficult level is completed.Nominative · subjectPractise „schwierig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich erreiche die nächste Stufe.I reach the next level.Accusative · erreichenPractise „nächste“ →
  3. 3
    Wir springen von den ersten Stufen.We jump from the first steps.Dative · vonPractise „erste“ →
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