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Meet die Substanz

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

All 3 meanings

  1. substance, matter, material
  2. substance (concrete arguments or points being presented)
  3. stock (that which has already been built up or stockpiled)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Substanz, 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 Substanzen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die reine Substanz liegt auf dem Tisch.The pure substance is lying on the table.Nominative · subjectPractise „rein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich untersuche heute die unbekannte Substanz.I am examining the unknown substance today.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „unbekannt“ →
  3. 3
    Paul arbeitet mit seiner eigenen Substanz.Paul works with his own substance.Dative · mitPractise „eigen“ →
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