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Meet das Theater

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All 5 meanings

  1. theater (a place or building consisting of a stage and seats)
  2. theater (drama or performance as a profession or artform)
  3. theatrical company, troupe, theater company (company (group or organization) of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers)
  4. audience (large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance in a theater)
  5. (informal) to-do, fuss, hassle (excessive activity, worry, bother, talk, or conflict)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Theater, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Theater · Dative plural den Theatern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das bekannte Theater öffnet um acht.The well-known theater opens at eight.Nominative · subjectPractise „bekannt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne kein großes Theater.I don't know any large theater.Accusative · kennenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Er geht zu seinem kleinen Theater.He goes to his small theater.Dative · zuPractise „klein“ →
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