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Meet der Weg

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

All 4 meanings

  1. path, trail, track (usually for foot traffic)
  2. route, way (to get from one place to another)
  3. method, way (of doing something)
  4. (with preposition) someone's planned course or path, the space needed for movement

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Weg, 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 Wege · Dative plural den Wegen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der kurze Weg führt zum Bahnhof.The short path leads to the train station.Nominative · subjectPractise „kurz“ →
  2. 2
    Wir nehmen den direkten Weg durch den Park.We take the direct path through the park.Accusative · nehmenPractise „direkt“ →
  3. 3
    Sie ist mit ihrem langen Weg zur Arbeit unzufrieden.She is unhappy with her long route to work.Dative · mitPractise „lang“ →
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