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Meet der Tisch

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

All 4 meanings

  1. dining table, dinner table
  2. desk (table used for writing)
  3. bench, workbench (table at which manual work is done)
  4. (figuratively, now only in compounds and expressions) meal (food served or eaten as a repast)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Tisch, 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

Plural die Tische · Dative plural den Tischen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Tisch steht im Zimmer.The large table is in the room.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Wir kaufen heute einen neuen Tisch.We are buying a new table today.Accusative · kaufenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Wir sitzen bei dem runden Tisch.We sit by the round table.Dative · beiPractise „rund“ →
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