Before you start
Meet die Wissenschaft
See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.
All 5 meanings
- (countable) science (a branch of knowledge or academic discipline dealing with a systematic body of facts or truths)
- (uncountable) science, the sciences taken as a whole
- (uncountable) academia, scholarship (collective discipline of learning acquired through a scientific or scholarly method; totality of knowledge derived from scientific inquiry)
- (uncountable) academia, academic community
- (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.
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | der | die | das | die |
| accusative | den | die | das | die |
| dative | dem | der | dem | den |
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ein | eine | ein | keine |
| accusative | einen | eine | ein | keine |
| dative | einem | einer | einem | keinen |
Plural die Wissenschaften
Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.
Examples
- 1Die moderne Wissenschaft verändert unseren Alltag.Modern science is changing our everyday lives.
- 2Anna erklärt die moderne Wissenschaft.Anna explains modern science.
- 3Mit der modernen Wissenschaft beschäftigen sich viele Menschen.Many people engage with modern science.