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Meet der Wagen

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

All 4 meanings

  1. a car, an automobile, a vehicle
  2. a railroad car
  3. a wagon, a cart (drawn by a person, by horses, by oxen, etc)
  4. (astronomy) Dipper: either the Großer Wagen (“Ursa Major”) or Kleiner Wagen (“Ursa Minor”)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Wagen, 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 Wagen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der alte Wagen steht vor dem Haus.The old car is parked in front of the house.Nominative · subjectPractise „alt“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sehe heute den großen Wagen.I see the big car today.Accusative · sehenPractise „groß“ →
  3. 3
    Ich fahre mit einem neuen Wagen nach Hause.I’m driving home in a new car.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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