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Meet der Zins

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (finance) interest
  2. (dated) tribute
  3. (for an estate, piece of land) ground rent
  4. (Southern Germany, Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) (for dwellings) rent

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Zins, 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 Zinsen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der aktuelle Zins bleibt niedrig.The current interest rate remains low.Nominative · subjectPractise „aktuell“ →
  2. 2
    Die Bank senkt den hohen Zins.The bank lowers the high interest rate.Accusative · senkenPractise „hoch“ →
  3. 3
    Paul profitiert von seinem niedrigen Zins.Paul benefits from his low interest rate.Dative · vonPractise „niedrig“ →
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