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DEFINITIVE ARTICLE
Definite articles are used to indicate specific nouns If you are talking about a specific person, animal, place, event, thing, or idea, you use a definite article(the).
the genders of German nouns are typically shown by way of an accompanying definite article: der (masculine), die (feminine), or das (neuter).
The German definite articles are:
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Masculine |
Feminine |
Plural |
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| Nominative |
der Brief |
die Tasche |
die Leute |
| Accusative |
den Brief |
die Tasche |
die Leute |
| Dative |
dem Brief |
der Tasche |
den Leuten |
| Genitive |
des Briefes |
der Tasche |
der Leute |
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Neuter |
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| Nominative |
das Mädchen |
| Accusative |
das Mädchen |
| Dative |
dem Mädchen |
| Genitive |
des Mädchenes |
Examples in German:
The letter = Brief
The bag = Tasche
The girl = Mädchen
The people = Leute
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