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Meet das Werk

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

All 5 meanings

  1. work, achievement (the result of working)
  2. work, piece (of art, literature, or the like)
  3. factory, plant, works
  4. (religion) work (morally relevant deed)
  5. (archaic, except in compounds) labour, work (the occupation or process of working)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Werk, 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 Werke · Dative plural den Werken

Examples

  1. 1
    Das schöne Werk gefällt mir.The beautiful work appeals to me.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Ich lese ein gutes Werk.I am reading a good piece of literature.Accusative · lesenPractise „gut“ →
  3. 3
    Die Klasse spricht von dem bekannten Werk.The class talks about the well-known work.Dative · vonPractise „bekannt“ →
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