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Meet die Weise

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

All 5 meanings

  1. way, manner
  2. (music) tune
  3. (grammar) mode/mood (of verbs)
  4. (archaic, poetic) a song that tells a story
  5. female equivalent of Weiser: female sage, wisewoman

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Weise, 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 Weisen

Examples

  1. 1
    Er sucht eine bessere Weise, das Problem zu lösen.He is looking for a better way to solve the problem.Accusative · suchenPractise „besser“ →
  2. 2
    Wir sprechen von verschiedenen Weisen, Danke zu sagen.We are talking about different ways to say thank you.Dative · vonPractise „verschieden“ →
  3. 3
    Es gibt keine einfache Weise, das zu erklären.There is no simple way to explain that.Accusative · gebenPractise „einfach“ →
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