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Meet die Vertretung

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All 4 meanings

  1. representation (the act of representing)
  2. agency (that which represents)
  3. substitution, deputyship (the act of replacing someone during their absence)
  4. substitute, deputy (that which substitutes)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Vertretung, 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 Vertretungen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die neue Vertretung beginnt am Montag.The new replacement starts on Monday.Nominative · subjectPractise „neu“ →
  2. 2
    Wir suchen eine gute Vertretung.We are looking for a good substitute.Accusative · suchenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Ich danke der netten Vertretung für ihre Hilfe.I thank the nice substitute for her help.Dative · dankenPractise „nett“ →
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