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Meet das Volk

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (collective) people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
  2. people, population, citizens
  3. (possibly dated) common people, the lower classes, the working classes
  4. folk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere)
  5. (biology) herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Volk, use the coloured columns: neuter 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 Völker · Dative plural den Völkern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das ganze Volk feiert auf dem Platz.The entire nation is celebrating in the square.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne das deutsche Volk.I know the German people.Accusative · kennenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Aus einem kleinen Volk kommen viele Musiker.Many musicians come from a small ethnic group.Dative · ausPractise „klein“ →
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