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Meet die Tat

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

All 3 meanings

  1. deed
  2. act, action
  3. (law) crime, offense

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Tat, 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 Taten

Examples

  1. 1
    Die gute Tat hilft dem Nachbarn.The good deed helps the neighbor.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Die Polizei untersucht die schlimme Tat.The police are investigating the terrible deed.Accusative · untersuchenPractise „schlimm“ →
  3. 3
    Anna spricht von ihrer guten Tat.Anna speaks about her good deed.Dative · vonPractise „gut“ →
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