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Meet die Wissenschaft

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (countable) science (a branch of knowledge or academic discipline dealing with a systematic body of facts or truths)
  2. (uncountable) science, the sciences taken as a whole
  3. (uncountable) academia, scholarship (collective discipline of learning acquired through a scientific or scholarly method; totality of knowledge derived from scientific inquiry)
  4. (uncountable) academia, academic community
  5. (uncountable, obsolete) knowledge, cognizance

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Wissenschaft, 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 Wissenschaften

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die moderne Wissenschaft verändert unseren Alltag.Modern science is changing our everyday lives.Nominative · subjectPractise „modern“ →
  2. 2
    Anna erklärt die moderne Wissenschaft.Anna explains modern science.Accusative · erklärenPractise „modern“ →
  3. 3
    Mit der modernen Wissenschaft beschäftigen sich viele Menschen.Many people engage with modern science.Dative · mitPractise „modern“ →
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