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Meet der Widerstand

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

All 5 meanings

  1. resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
  2. resistance (physics: force that tends to oppose motion)
  3. resistance (physics: opposition of a body to the flow of current)
  4. resistance (sociology/history: An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation)
  5. (electronics) resistor (electronic component)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Widerstand, 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 Widerstände · Dative plural den Widerständen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der starke Widerstand wächst.The strong resistance is growing.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Die Gruppe zeigt ihren politischen Widerstand gegen den Plan.The group shows its political resistance to the plan.Accusative · zeigenPractise „politisch“ →
  3. 3
    Mit ihrem gemeinsamen Widerstand stärkt die Gruppe ihren Zusammenhalt.Through their shared resistance, the group strengthens its cohesion.Dative · mitPractise „gemeinsam“ →
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