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Meet die Tonne

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

All 6 meanings

  1. for collecting waste or surplus, such as a bin, dumpster/skip, water butt
  2. for storing and transporting industrial materials
  3. (dated) for storing and transporting food and drink, e.g. beer, wine, cabbage, herrings
  4. tonne, ton, metric ton
  5. (slang, Switzerland) thousand francs
  6. (nautical) buoy

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Tonne, 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 Tonnen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die große Tonne steht draußen.The large barrel is outside.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe eine neue Tonne.I am buying a new barrel.Accusative · kaufenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Wir sammeln Regenwasser mit einer großen Tonne.We collect rainwater with a large barrel.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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