The nominative case – Der Nominativ
What is the nominative case?
The nominative is the original form for nouns and pronouns. We use the nominative case to show the subject in the sentence that answers the question:
Beispiel (example):
Das kind spielt Fußball.
Wer spielt Fußball? Das Kind (Who is playing football? The child)
Das Haus ist groß. (The house is big)
Was ist groß? Das Haus (What is big? The house)
The answers: ‘das Kind‘ and ‘das Haus’ are nominative that indicates the subject of the sentence – the person or the thing that is doing the action
Nominative is also used with certain verbs:
Besipiel:
- ‘sein’ (to be) Er ist Lehrer. (He is a teacher)
- ‘werden’ (to become): Sara wird 20 Jahre alt. (Sara will become 20 years old)
Artikeln im Nominativ (articles in the nominative case)
Übung (exercise):
Lesen Sie die Sätze und ergänzen Sie die Artikel- Tabelle!
(Read the sentences and complete the article table!)
- Der Man liest ein Buch.
- Die Frau trinkt Tee.
- Das Kind spielt mit dem Ball.
- Die Eltern fahren nach Berlin.
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