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Meet das Wort

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

All 6 meanings

  1. (plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit
  2. (plural Worte) utterance, word with context
  3. (uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor
  4. (uncountable) promise, (figuratively) word
  5. (Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
  6. (biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Wort, 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 Wörter · Dative plural den Wörtern

Examples

  1. 1
    Das wichtige Wort bleibt lange im Gedächtnis.The important word stays in your memory for a long time.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich kenne ein neues Wort.I know a new word.Accusative · kennenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit dem neuen Wort übe ich Deutsch.I practise German with the new word.Dative · mitPractise „neu“ →
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