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Meet das Zeug

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

All 4 meanings

  1. stuff, gear, equipment
  2. material
  3. fabric, clothing, clothes
  4. garbage, rubbish, anything bad or harmful

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Zeug, use the coloured column: neuter.

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

no plural

Examples

  1. 1
    Das ganze Zeug liegt auf dem Tisch.All the stuff is on the table.Nominative · subjectPractise „ganz“ →
  2. 2
    Ich brauche das neue Zeug.I need the new stuff.Accusative · brauchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Mit seinem eigenen Zeug arbeitet Paul besser.Paul works better with his own stuff.Dative · mitPractise „eigen“ →
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