| 9.7.1 Examples with Genitive |
In the tables before, we introduced groups of declinations a) to i). So it will be easier for you to follow the logic we use them here again.
| Example 1 | |
| The door of the house is green. | |
| Genitive: of the house | |
| Nominative: das Haus = the house | |
| das Haus belongs to group c | |
| Genitive: des Hauses | |
| complete phrase: Die Tür des Hauses ist grün. |  |
| Example 2 | |
| The hand of the woman is beautiful. | |
| Genitive: of the woman | |
| Nominative: die Frau (singular) = the woman | |
| die Frau belongs to group b | |
| Genitive: der Frau | |
| complete phrase: Die Hand der Frau ist schön. | |
| Example 3 | |
| The doors of the cars are dirty. | |
| Genitive: of the cars | |
| Nominative: die Autos (plural) = of the cars | |
| die Autos belongs to group g | |
| Genitive: der Autos | |
| complete phrase: Die Türen der Autos sind schmutzig. | |
| Example 4 | |
| The colours of the bicycles are beautiful. | |
| Genitive: of the bicycles | |
| Nominative: die Fahrräder (plural)= the bicycles | |
| das Fahrrad belongs to group f | |
| Genitive: der Fahrräder | |
| compete phrase: Die Farben der Fahrräder sind schön. | |
| Example 5 | |
| The shoes of the thieves are black. | |
| Genitive: of the thieves | |
| Nominative: die Räuber (plural) = the thieves | |
| die Räuber belongs to group a | |
| Genitive: der Räuber | |
| complete phrase: Die Schuhe der Räuber sind schwarz. | |
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