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Meet der Zettel

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

All 4 meanings

  1. a small or loose piece of paper, slip
  2. note, message, letter
  3. poster, placard, public notice
  4. (weaving) warp

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Zettel, use the coloured columns: masculine 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 Zettel · Dative plural den Zetteln

Examples

  1. 1
    Der wichtige Zettel fehlt.The important note is missing.Nominative · subjectPractise „wichtig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich lese den kurzen Zettel.I read the short note.Accusative · lesenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Sie kommt mit dem kleinen Zettel.She comes with the small note.Dative · mitPractise „klein“ →
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