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Meet das Zentrum

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

All 7 meanings

  1. (literally, rather rare) central point, the middle, e.g. of a circle
  2. (chiefly with a following genitive) focus, core, the main point
  3. a place (or group of people) that dominates and influences its surroundings, e.g. a capital
  4. a place set aside for some function or activity
  5. (politics) the moderate political parties, the mainstream (see also the proper noun below)
  6. (mathematics) the centre of a group, ring, Lie algebra, etc.

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Zentrum, 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 Zentren

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Das große Zentrum liegt im Stadtzentrum.The large center is in the city center.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich besuche das neue Zentrum.I visit the new center.Accusative · besuchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Die Stadt hilft ihrem kleinen Zentrum.The city helps its small center.Dative · helfenPractise „klein“ →
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