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Meet der Vogel

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

All 3 meanings

  1. a bird
  2. (colloquial, slang) an idiot, a clown (dimwitted or ridiculous person)
  3. (military, slang) a kite (an aeroplane or any aircraft)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Vogel, 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 Vögel · Dative plural den Vögeln

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kleine Vogel singt laut.The small bird sings loudly.Nominative · subjectPractise „klein“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe einen schönen Vogel.I see a beautiful bird.Accusative · sehenPractise „schön“ →
  3. 3
    Das Kind spielt mit dem jungen Vogel.The child plays with the young bird.Dative · mitPractise „jung“ →
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