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Meet die Zeile

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

All 2 meanings

  1. in a text or table
  2. of certain other things, especially houses or building elements like windows, sometimes also stalls, parked cars, trees, etc.

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Zeile, 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 Zeilen

Examples

  1. 1
    Die erste Zeile steht am Anfang des Textes.The first line is at the beginning of the text.Nominative · subjectPractise „erste“ →
  2. 2
    Ich schreibe eine kurze Zeile.I am writing a short line.Accusative · schreibenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Ich beginne mit der ersten Zeile.I begin with the first line.Dative · mitPractise „erste“ →
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