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Meet der Topf

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All 6 meanings

  1. pot, jar (any flat-bottomed, usually open-topped vessel)
  2. crock (earthenware jar)
  3. cooking pot (flat-bottomed, open-topped vessel for cooking food)
  4. saucepan (deep cooking vessel with one handle)
  5. (figurative) funds (chiefly public or communal)
  6. (figurative) basket (a set or collection of intangible things)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Topf, 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 Töpfe · Dative plural den Töpfen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Topf ist aus Metall.The large pot is made of metal.Nominative · after seinPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kaufe den neuen Topf.I am buying the new pot.Accusative · kaufenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Ich koche mit meinem neuen Topf.I cook with my new pot.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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